Rich Mullins

Eli's Song

Rich Mullins


"O Eli 
There's a sanctity in your innocence 
A certain beauty and no uncertain strength 
That brings me to the faith 
I don't know if I 
If I am climbing to or falling in 
But it comes like grace from your tiny hands 
When I hold you in mine 
And I pray that the eyes 
Of your heart 
Shine bright 
With the hope to which you're called 
And may you know with all the saints 
The height ~ the depth ~ the width ~ and the length 
Of the love of God 
O Eli 
There's a joy in your sweet abandon 
Like the cowgirl ballerina 
Leaves that ride 
The wild and holy bucking wind that the sky 
Sent through you to blow away these walls I've built 
Walls of selfishness and walls of guilt 
That leave me free to be a child 

And I pray that the eyes 
Of your heart 
Shine bright 
With the hope to which you're called 
And may you know with all the saints 
The height ~ the depth ~ the width ~ and the length 
Of the love of God 
O Eli 
There's a joy in your sweet abandon 
Like the cowgirl ballerina 
Leaves that ride 
The wild and holy bucking wind that the sky"