I miss this

music is important to me.  it wasn’t very long ago that playing my guitar and leading singing and helping people (especially kids) learn to go deeper in their awareness of the presence of god through music was something that characterized my life.  i miss those days.

but music is still important to me.

back in the early 80’s, i was introduced to music of rich mullins.  his music and lyrics challenged and sustained me during some really difficult times.  his theology stretched my thinking and impacted my lifestyle.  the depth of his understanding of god and the kingdom was profound.

he died an untimely death.  our loss was beyond words at the time.  it’s still pretty much beyond my words.

anyway, i thought i’d share a few of his songs with you.  his music was simple.  it never topped the charts.  it wouldn’t today.  but his lyrics…

If I StandThere’s more that rises in the morning than the sun And more that shines in the night than just the moon It’s more than just this fire here that keeps me warm In a shelter that is larger than this roomAnd there’s a loyalty that’s deeper than mere sentiments And a music higher than the songs that I can sing The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the Giver of all good thingsSo if I stand let me stand on the promise That you will pull me through And if I can’t, let me fall on the grace That first brought me to You And if I sing let me sing for the joy That has born in me these songs And if I weep let it be as a man Who is longing for his home There’s more that dances on the prairies than the wind More that pulses in the ocean than the tide There’s a love that is fiercer than the love between friends More gentle than a mother’s when her baby’s at her side

i think i’ll give you some more insight into rich mullins tomorrow…

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