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One of my favorite songs by Rich Mullins. For years this was one of those songs that you just pass over and think, “That was nice”, but don’t really understand the depth of the lyrics. On a flight for one of my business trips, I listened to the words carefully and was struck by how much it hit me. Typical of Rich Mullin’s music, which I think grows with age is his prayer to God to shield him from the storms of life. As the final verse plays, he comes to the realization that everything that had shaken his life with so much turmoil was actually the wings that lifted him to his final resting place in the arms of the Lord.

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Isaiah 60:1-3, 1 Cor. 2:9, 2 Cor. 4:7-18, 2 Timothy 2:11-13

I see the morning moving over the hills

I can see the shadows on the western side

And all those illusions that I had

They just vanish in Your light

 

Though the chill of the night still hangs in the air

I can feel the warmth of morning on my face

Though the storm had tossed me

‘Til I thought I’d nearly lost my way

 

And now the night is fading and the storm is past

And everything that could be shaken was shaken

And all that remains is all that I really had

 

What I’d have settled for

You’ve blown so far away

What You brought me to

I thought I could not reach

And I came so close to giving up

But You never did give up on me

 

And I see the morning moving over the hills

I feel the rush of life here where the darkness broke

And I am in You and You’re in me

Here where the winds of Heaven blow

 

And now the night is fading

The storm is through

And everything you sent to shake me

From my dreams they come to wake me

In the love I find in You

And now the morning comes

And everything that really matters

Become the wings You send to gather me

To my home

To my home

I’m going home

 

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Living Life Upside Down

Here is a good song put out by Truth in the early 90’s.

John has a new way of looking at life
He’s tired of his job, his kids and his wife
Says the secret to his success
Was in leaving and finding himself
Now he’s someone to somebody else

You say we’ve reason to a new age of truth
And you’re calling it a spiritual Godly pursuit
But I say, but I say

[Chorus]
What if we’ve fallen to the bottom of a well
Thinking we’ve risen to the top of a mountain
What if we’re knocking at the gates of hell
Thinking that we’re heaven bound
And what if we spend our lives thinking of ourselves
When we should have been thinking of each other
What if we reach up and touch the ground
To find we’re living life, upside down

We’ve got a program to saving the earth
While unborn children are denied their right to birth
One child is blessed, another cursed
Have we made this world better or worse
Now the life of a tree comes first?

You say we’ve reason to a new age of life
You’re telling me what used to be wrong is now right
But I say, I say

[Chorus] x 2
What if we’ve fallen to the bottom of a well
Thinking we’ve risen to the top of a mountain
What if we’re knocking at the gates of hell
Thinking that we’re heaven bound
What if we spend our lives thinking of ourselves
When we should have been thinking of each other
What if we reach up and touch the ground
To find we’re living life, upside down
To find we’re living life, upside down.

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Love Will Save The Day

“Love Will Save The Day” Lyrics
by Geoff Moore | from the album Home Run

I woke up this morning, there was rain in the sky.
I looked in the mirror, there was rain in my eyes.
I have a choice to make,
And I won’t let this day be wasted when…….

(Chorus:)
I know love will, love will save the day.
I know in the midst of disaster that love will recapture,
And love’s gonna save the day.

Got your act together
Till one of those old days comes along
When it would have been better, if you, had never gotten out of bedat all.
Just as sure as defeat seems certain.
Don’t be surprised when the tables start turning cause…..

(Chorus)

Solo:
I know in the midst of disaster that love will recapture,
I know who I serve and I’ll never forget,
The great price that He paid so that love could save……..
I know love will……

(Chorus 2:)
I know love will, love will save the day.
I know love will, let whatever come what may.
I know love will, love will save the day.
I know love will, let whatever come what way.
I know in the midst of disaster that love will recapture,
And love’s gonna save the day.

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Won’t You Be My Love

I received a surprising phone call this morning from Kenn Jones telling me of my good friend, fellow Ranger commander who was taken down by a massive heart attack on his way to work this morning. He attempted to live his life according to the words of this song, which reflect the words of Jesus himself, “Feed my Sheep” (John 21:17)

Won’t You Be My Love
By Mercy Me

When you fall asleep tonight in your warm and cozy room,
Know that I’m awake and I’ve got no shelter and no food.
I am not alone.
My friends are broke and lost.
Looking for someone to lead them to my cross.
I need your help. I need your help.

Won’t you be my voice calling?
Won’t you be my hands healing?
Won’t you be my feet walking into a broken world?
Won’t you be my chain breaker?
Won’t you be my peacemaker?
Won’t you be my hope and joy?
Won’t you be my LOVE?

The other side of the world she is just a few days old.
A helpless little girl with no family of her own.
She is not to blame for the journey she is on.
Her life is no mistake.

Won’t you lead her to my cross?
Won’t you be my voice calling?
Won’t you be my hands healing?
Won’t you be my feet walking into a broken world?
Won’t you be my chain breaker?
Won’t you be my peacemaker?
Won’t you be my hope and joy?
Won’t you be my LOVE?

To those I call my own.
To those I’ve set aside as spotless without blame.
The chosen ones my bride.
We will be your voice calling.
We will be your hands healing.
We will be your feet walking into a broken world.
We will be your chain breaker.
We will be your peacemaker.
We will be your hope and joy.
We will be your LOVE. We will be your LOVE.