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Monday, June 19, 2006

WE ARE NOT AS STRONG AS WE THINK WE ARE.

Rich Mullins is one of my favourite songwriters. This is one of my favoutrite songs written by him. We often think that we are invincible but then something happens in our life to bring us back to the place of acknowledging our frailty and the fact that we are not really in control of life or circumstances.
Rich lived a simple life of loving God and other people.In 1995 he moved to a reservation near Window Rock, Arizona U.S. to teach Navajo children. He was tragically killed in a car accident in 1997. He is probably most well knonw for his song "Awesome God " and "Step by Step".

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WE ARE NOT AS STRONG AS WE THINK WE ARE.

Well, it took the hand of God Almighty To part the waters of the sea But it only took one little lie To separate you and me Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are
And they say that one day Joshua Made the sun stand still in the sky But I can't even keep these thoughts Of you from passing by Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are

CHORUS We are frail We are fearfully and wonderfully made Forged in the fires of human passion Choking on the fumes of selfish rage And with these our hells and our heavens So few inches apart We must be awfully small And not as strong as we think we are

And the Master said their faith was Gonna make them mountains move But me, I tremble like a hill on a fault line Just at the thought of how I lost you Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are.

CHORUS

And if you make me laugh well I know I could make you like me Cause when I laugh I can be a lot of fun But we can't do that I know that it is frightening What I don't know is why we can't hold on We can't hold on.

CHORUS

When you love you walk on the water Just don't stumble on the waves We all want to go there somethin' awful But to stand there it takes some grace 'Cause oh, we are not as strong As we think we are.

posted by gail @ 6/19/2006 03:30:00 PM  

15 Comments:

  • At 11:45 PM, Blogger Soul Reflections said…

    Thanks for sharing those terrific lyrics. So many times I don't even feel as strong as I am weak. Have a great day. p.s. I'm posting my new flower pic today. God bless your day.

     

  • At 12:42 AM, Blogger Brigitte said…

    Oh I love Rich Mullins too - AND Matt Redman!! Actually I just LOVE all Christian praise and Worship. I also have a love for words and I write poems - but I am always led to write about my expreiences in Jesus. saw you on Bunny's Blog BTW - HI!!!

     

  • At 10:20 AM, Blogger A Captured Reflection said…

    Sometimes you just read something and you know God is speaking to you - and this is exactly what I felt reading your posting. Awesome and so true. Thankfully God is so in control!!!
    I had a situation happen this morning which emphasised my frailty but through it I found myself snuggling into the arms of Jesus again. Thanks Gail.

     

  • At 1:05 PM, Blogger Unknown said…

    hi gail

    here it is... is the very first post - well at the moment, june 19th


    http://fireballclairechristian3316.blogspot.com/2006/06/pray.html

     

  • At 10:49 PM, Blogger Brigitte said…

    Gail, I saw your comment on Agel's blog about the brain test. Below the test is a link. It says "What Gender Is Your Brain" Click on that and it will open to that quiz and you can answer it and ask for an HTML code click on "Submit", then copy the HTML code under your result. When you "create a new post" there is a "Compose" and "Edit HTML" mode. Click on the "Edit HTML" button (Top right of your compose block)Paste the HTML code you copied there and it will show up on your blog post when you go back to "Compose" mode. Good Luck!!!

     

  • At 9:16 AM, Blogger Masked Rabbit said…

    Hey Spookie,

    This rings a bell with me. I think the key sentence that popped out of that Rich Mullins song was this - "What I don't know is why we can't hold on We can't hold on."
    My biggest problem, I can't hold on and my whole Christian life has been holding on then letting go. So it spoke to me in more ways than you could imagine.
    We are definitely not as strong as we think!!!
    Thanks for the post, it was good.

     

  • At 12:14 PM, Blogger Soul Reflections said…

    Where did you go? It's Tuesday and I haven't heard a peep out of this blog. Hope all is well. God bless.

     

  • At 12:55 PM, Blogger A Captured Reflection said…

    Hi Gail, just sending some warm hugs and greetings. I find my little pics just from internet searches on google. Sometimes it seems quite random

     

  • At 8:31 AM, Blogger A Captured Reflection said…

    Morning Gail :-)

    You must check out the link on my blog to Ally's Antics. She is my cousin who lives in Spain - awesome woman!!!

     

  • At 3:51 PM, Blogger Brigitte said…

    Hi Gail. I will tell you here where I am from. I live in an area called Centurion. Tell your friend I say HI!!

     

  • At 11:36 PM, Blogger Liz said…

    Hi all you newbies nice to see you!

    Blue dear, thanks check your e-m.

     

  • At 8:32 AM, Blogger A Captured Reflection said…

    Hi Gail. On my blog, you will see on the right some links - saying Caroline's Blog, Ally's Antics etc...just click on Ally's Antics and you will be right there.

     

  • At 12:17 PM, Blogger A Captured Reflection said…

    http://allybarn.blogspot.com/

    Here we go, I've made it easier and put the link up for you here.
    xxx

     

  • At 9:27 AM, Blogger Ally said…

    Hey Gail... I made it to your blog and I just love this entry... I also see this is where Karen has introduced us! Thanks for making the effort to get to know me!
    This song is great... thanks for sharing it with me

     

  • At 6:40 PM, Blogger AngelConradie said…

    i have to remind myself regularly that i am not actually in control and my plans will fall through (and frustrate me immensely) if i don't "clear" things with HIM first! it's a lesson i have to learn over and pover again!

     

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