Winds of Heaven,Stuff of Earth

"There'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 room.

 And 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 things.

 So 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.

 And 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 things.

 So 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."

"I had a professor one time. He said, 'Class, you will forget everything I will teach you in here, so please remember this: that God spoke to Balaam through his ass, and He has been speaking through asses ever since. So, if God should choose to speak through you, you need not think too highly of yourself. And, if on meeting someone, right away you recognize what they are, listen to them anyway."

-Rich Mullins

"...if I want to identify with Jesus Christ, who I claim to be my Savior and Lord the best way I can do that is to identify with the poor. This, I know, will go against the teachings of all the popular evangelical preachers. But they're just wrong. They're not bad, they're just wrong. Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife, and your perfect little children, in your beautiful house, where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved, and Jesus loved the poor, and Jesus loved the broken."

-Rich Mullins