Strangers, Love and the Bond of Christ
This song has to do with communion (bread and wine), and communion with our brothers and sisters in Christ. I love the words and sentiment. I couldn't find the author, Rich Mullins, performing, but this group does a nice job! Peace of Christ to you.
Though we're strangers, still I love you
I love you more than your mask
And you know you have to trust this to be true
And I know that's much to ask
But lay down your fears, come and join this feast
He has called us here, you and me
And may peace rain down from Heaven
Like little pieces of the sky
Little keepers of the promise
Falling on these souls
This drought has dried
In His Blood and in His Body
In the Bread and in this Wine
Peace to you
Peace of Christ to you
And though I love you, still we're strangers
Prisoners in these lonely hearts
And though our blindness separates us
Still His light shines in the dark
And His outstretched arms are still strong enough to reach
Behind these prison bars to set us free
So may peace rain down from Heaven
Like little pieces of the sky
Little keepers of the promise
Falling on these souls the drought has dried
In His Blood and in His Body
In this Bread and in this Wine
Peace to you
Peace of Christ to you
And may peace rain down from Heaven
Like little pieces of the sky
Like those little keepers of the promise
Falling on these souls the draught has dried
In His Blood and in His Body
In the Bread and in this Wine
Peace to you
Peace of Christ to you
Peace to you
Peace of Christ to you
Comments
I am not as familiar w/ this song as most of his others, but it is beautiful. Thanks for tying it to what I wrote about why I don't do Facebook. (Yet, anyway.)
After reading your post, Mike reminded me of something he said at one of his concerts. It was something like, "People sometimes come up to me and say they feel like they know me after listening to my songs. I just say, 'I only show a part of me. If you really knew me, you wouldn't like me.'" (The 'Peace of Christ' song and that quote seemed to go with some of your thoughts on facebook etc.,)
We always appreciated Rich's honesty and the way he seemed to understand and appreciate God's mercy and grace to sinners!
Anyway, I'm not so sure he was a prophet, but he was a great songwriter and did have a gift for communicating God's love and grace!
I need to dig out my CDs and listen to some good ol' Rich Mullins! It's been a while.
One of the reasons that I have facebook is so I can post things like this. I know lots of people who have facebook who don't really read personal blogs.
I wholeheartedly agree about Rich Mullin's honesty and temptations. There was a transparency, a needieness and a love for the body of Christ that always came through when he wove stories together.
The choirs of heaven...!
Oh blissful thought!