Neat. Now, on a more specific level, the song "Strap My Hat On" kind of lends the album its title with the line, "live will rise to my defense." When have you recently had to strap your hat on and look to love to see you through a tough time.
Wow, that's a good question. I don't know. I think. . . You know, I do all this. I book my concerts. I do my own management. There's no such thing as a road manager for me. So every time I look at a calendar and it's time to start working on booking shows for, say, Fall of 2007, that's scary. It's scary to look at a blank calendar and know that I wanna go out and follow my calling and show people to the Lord and do what I can. It's a scary thing to work towards that and know that. . . Well, my temptation is to put it all on my shoulders, my might and strength, whatever I can muster up, but I realize that I have to strap my hat on. I realize that there are things that come at me and I need love to be my defender. I need love to lift me up above the situation and the scary feelings and doubts that are within myself. You know, this is around the time of the ten year anniversary of the death of Rich Mullins.
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Those are, gosh, those are fears that never really leave you. Especially over the past number of years when I was recovering. When I was relearning to walk. Relearning to talk. Trying to figure out how to sing again. Wondering if I'd ever be able to do this again. Not that it's the most important thing in the world. I know that the last thing that the world needs is another Christian musician, but I do know that the world needs the Truth. This is my way of trying to help get the Truth out there a little bit. So I wanted to keep doing this and I just didn't know [if I could]. So I had to strap my hat on and trust and be ready for what was coming in trying to keep the ball rolling for this quote-end quote music ministry. I think it's not unlike all of us to say that every day there are fears, every day there are doubts and wonderings - if we're growing. If we're growing, those will be there. So, there's all kinds of opportunities to strap our hats on, but the thing is that love will rise consistently, always when we do that.
Yeah definitely. It seems like every morning we have to get up and decide to grow.
That is right. It is always a decision. You hit it on the head. Getting up and shuffling around, and saying "Lord, I get to do this again. I get to live and I get to experience your overcoming in my life."
Yeah. Now, you mentioned Rich and it's hard for me to separate the two of you in my head, because I saw you two in concert together when I was in college - I think you played The Lemonade Song when Rich walked off the stage.
