It's crazy that even 10-12 years later, I still know what song comes next when one is ending. The very last song on one of the CD's I aptly marked "#3" was the following song.
This video is from 16 years ago and the song itself is 25 years old. It is amazingly relevant, heartfelt, and convicting. I wanted to learn to play the piano because of this song. I never did, but It made me want to learn just so I could play and sing this song. What a glorious desire and poetic prayer. It's one of a handful of songs I want played at my funeral.
Video first and then the lyrics and a bonus after the jump.
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
CHORUS:
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 allegence
I owe only to the Giver
Of all good things
CHORUS(2x)
And if I weep let it be as a man
Who is longing for his home
http://www.christianlyricsonline.com/artists/rich-mullins/if-i-stand.html
Here's a great cover by Jars of Clay:
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