surprised by joy

if i stand

It's past midnight. Things are pretty overwhelming right now, and for no apparent reason! The complexities of human relationships, mixing laughter and tears, looming (economics and statistics, epistemology and metaphysics) examinations maybe? But above all, a sense of not being able to stand strong. So, a song that aptly expresses my deepest wishes at the moment.. sung by Jars of Clay.

IF I STAND

there's more that rises in the morning than the sun
and more that shines in the night than just the moon
there'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
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
so 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

and there's more that dances on the prairies than the wind
and more that pulses in the ocean than the tide
there's a love that's 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


and if i weep let it be as a man who is longing for home

Written by Rich Mullins and Steve CudworthCopyright 1988 Edward Grant, Inc.All rights reserved.

posted by Shi Ning @ 02:00