Rich Mullins' death, coming at a time in my life when I craved the songs he was writing, giving so much value and hope to my life.
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And the salvation army is playing this hymn, and, the grace rings out so true I never want this feeling to end.
Hold me Jesus, I am shaking like a leaf...peace.
Our God is an awesome God.
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'We have some very sad news and at the same time joyous. Popular pop culture Christian singer Rich Mullins is un Heaven now. He was in a car accident tonight.'
The words still come to me clear as day, I was jamming to a Christian music song, and, even remember saying to self, 'Rich Mullins is a special kind of being singing, Lord.' I said this a few days earlier and had thanked God for blessing me with Rich's poetic ministry to me thru music. And then, days later, listening in my car to my favorite Christian station, the words came, it was like the death of a loved one to me, that powerful a figure in my life at the time and so I appreciated music more then, really absorbing others music, especially Amy Grant's.