there's more...

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

and a shelter that is larger than this room.

there's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment

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.

if i stand, let me stand on the promise that You will pull me through.

but if i can't, let me fall on the grace that first brought me to You.

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 prairie than the wind

and more that pulses in the ocean than the tide.

there's a love that is fiercer than the love between friends,

gentler than a mother when her baby's at her side.

there's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment

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.

if i stand, let me stand on the promise that You will pull me through

but if i can't, let me fall on the grace that first brought me to You.

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