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This song encapsulates the realization I have when looking at my poor fellow humans muddling through this crazy world of 2020, "our hells and our heavens so few inches apart" -- how much we need each other and how much grace we are required to give each other in order for that to work. "I don't know why we can't hold on," but I'm going to keep trying and asking the same of you.

I decided to do my own version of this, one of my favorite songs, to share with friends on social media. It's not too creative an arrangement, cribbing mostly from a live piano-only version from St. Rich himself that I saw here on YouTube, but I scaled it back a little. Maybe it will mean something to someone.

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Well, it took the hand of God Almighty
To part the waters in the sea
But it only took one little lie
To separate you and me
Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are

And they say that one day Joshua
He made the sun stand still in the sky
But I can't even keep these thoughts of you from passing by
Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are

We are frail, we are fearfully and wonderfully made
Forged in the fires of human passion
Choking on the fumes of selfish rage
And with these our hells and our heavens
So few inches apart
We must be awfully small
And not as strong as we think we are

And the Master said that faith was
Gonna make them mountains move
But me, I tremble like a hill on a fault line
Just at the thought of how I lost you
Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are

We are frail, we are fearfully and wonderfully made
Forged in the fires of human passion
Choking on the fumes of selfish rage
And with these our hells and our heavens
So few inches apart
We must be awfully small
And not as strong as we think we are

And if you make me laugh
I know I could make you like me
'Cause when I laugh I can be a lot of fun
But we can't do that I know that it is frightening
What I don't know is why we can't hold on
Can't hold on

It took the hand of God Almighty
To part the waters in the sea
But it only took one little lie
To separate you and me
Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are

When we love we walk on the water
Just don't stumble on the waves
We all want to go there somethin' awful
But to stand there it takes some grace, 'cause
Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are
No, we are not as strong as we think we are

Songwriters: Beaker / Rich Mullins
We Are Not as Strong as We Think We Are
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