Grateful
(Rich Mullins)
Every morning Thy mercies are new.
They sparkle like the dawn shining down upon the dew.
Every evening the stars begin to shine
Crying out to me that the mercy that You gave is to be mine!
Oh! Look around you there is so much to be learned.
He takes you with Him as you lean upon His Word!
Love, love compels you think again on what you've heard!
How can we forget to be grateful?
And how can we forget our Creator when it is He who made all we see here?
Lord, grant that we may know once again all the love that Jesus
Gave for free when He spoke into darkness the truth that frees us!
How can we forget to be grateful?
Forget to be grateful?
And, in the daytime the Lord directs His love.
A bluer sky than heaven..I can feel its gentle touch.
On, in the evening and through the dead of night
His song is with me like a prayer to the God of my life!
Oh, listen 'round you, there's a music you could hear!
Sounds like the thunder in the distance ringing clear!
Now, hear He whispers music into listening ears!
How can we forget to be grateful?
And how can we forget our Creator when it is He who made all we see here?
Lord, grant that we may know once again all the love that Jesus
Gave for free when He spoke into darkness the truth that frees us!
How can we forget to be grateful?
Forget to be grateful?
Send forth Your light and Your truth. Let them guide me.
Let them take me to Your mountain to the place where You dwell.
Why should we choose to be blind to Thy power
When it shines all around from the heights of Hermann to the Mount of Mizar?
Deep calls to deep.
In the roaring we can hear You again as Thy waves and Thy breakers come overwhelm me!
Then will I go to the altar of my God, to the God of my delight!
I will praise Him with my harp. Oh God, my God!
Take from me this smallness.
Renew me again, clothed in Thy righteousness, drenched in Thy love.
Open wide our sleepy eyes.
Our senses awake to the presence You give Who will seal and bind us!
How can we forget to be grateful?
And how can we forget our Creator when it is He who made all we see here?
Lord, grant that we may know once again all the love that Jesus
Gave for free when He spoke into darkness the truth that frees us.
How can we forget to be grateful?
Forget to be grateful?
©richmullinsongs
Song Notes: "This is a song.. very meaningful to me. I wrote it when I was leaving Tennessee."
