Rich Mullins

We Are Not As Strong As We Think We Are

Rich Mullins


"Well it took the hand of God Almighty 
To part the waters of 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 
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 their 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 
We can't hold on

It took the hand of God Almighty 
To part the waters of 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 you love you 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 

Walk on the water 
Walk on the water 
If we could just hold on 
Just hold on"