Ten Years Ago Today

For me, it was like those other tragic days in history...the ones that happen and your world sort of comes to a standstill as you absorb the event. You remember where you were and what you were doing at the time when you heard.

For me, this news was like that. I remember where I was (Gillette, WY) and what I was doing (driving to work). I remember pulling my car over so I could concentrate on the newscaster's story. Rich Mullins had died in a car accident. My world stood still and I wept.

Some of you will connect with this date, and others of you may even be saying, "Who is Rich Mullins?" For those of you who may not know the name Rich Mullins you might know some of his songs. He wrote 'Awesome God' and co-wrote 'Sometimes by Step' with his friend Breaker. That song is more commonly called 'Step by Step'.

Today I write to remember. I write to remember the songwriter, the artist, the rebel, and the man of fierce faith who has impacted me, my music, and my relationship with God. Rich wasn't so much about 'doing', but more about 'being'. He just wanted to 'be God's'.

Rich was also all about praising God. And so I close with just one of his choruses of praise to the only One who is worthy of praise and I'm singing at the top of my lungs, playing on the piano, and Rich and a whole company of the Heavenly Hosts is right there with me...

Oh, God, You are my God and I will ever praise You.
Oh, God, You are my God and I will ever praise You.
I will seek You in the morning and I will learn to walk in Your ways.
And step by step You'll lead me and I will follow You all of my days.