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
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 allegence
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 ---Rich Mullins