A Moment With Mullins

On Veterans Day we honor all those who served and who still do serve - as well as their families and loved ones. Above all, we pray that humanity will find peaceful ways to resolve conflicts.

When I spent a week with Rich Mullins in August of 1990, he told me that Elijah was the most important song he had ever written- and that was after writing Awesome God.  I heard him perform it live that week and it has been stuck in my heart ever since.  It is an amazing song, and I am just going to let you read the lyrics and listen to the song without a whole lot of comment from me.  If you would like to read more, the Elijah story can be found in scripture in 2 Kings 2:7-12.  There is one message from me to all of you contained in the lyrics.  After all I have been through, and all I have put my family and friends through, I know there have been questions about how I'm doing.  Rich says it for me: "There's people been talking, they say they're worried about my soul.  Well I'm here to tell you I'll keep rocking until I'm sure it's my time to roll..."   See you tomorrow for The Sawshack Redemption.

ELIJAH
The Jordan is waiting for me to cross through
My heart is aging I can tell
So Lord, I'm begging for one last favor from You
Here's my heart take it where You will

This life has shown me how we're mended and how we're torn
How it's okay to be lonely as long as you're free
Sometimes my ground was stoney
And sometimes covered up with thorns
And only You could make it what it had to be
And now that it's done

Well if they dressed me like a pauper
Or if they dined me like a prince
If they lay me with my fathers
Or if my ashes scatter on the wind
I don't care

CHORUS:
But when I leave I want to go out like Elijah
With a whirlwind to fuel my chariot of fire
And when I look back on the stars
It'll be like a candlelight in Central Park
And it won't break my heart to say goodbye

There's people been friendly, but they'd never be your friends
Sometimes this has bent me to the ground
Now that this is all ending
I want to hear some music once again
'Cause it's the finest thing that I have ever found

But the Jordan is waiting
Though I ain't never seen the other side
Still they say you can't take in the things you have here
So on the road to salvation
I stick out my thumb and He gives me a ride
And His music is already falling on my ears

There's people been talking
They say they're worried about my soul
Well, I'm here to tell you I'll keep rocking
'Til I'm sure it's my time to roll
And when I do

CHORUS (2x)