Heaven

a guy named Rich Mullins impacted my life drastically as a teenager. he was dead when i "met" him for the first time. Rich Mullins was a musician most known for a cheesy song called "Awesome God." ironically, of all of his lyrics and musical artistry, that song came to the fore. funny.


Rich's music is respected by many good artists, one of them being my brother. Jeremy has been a musical "genius" of sorts since we were children. like siblings do, i overlooked his abilities, especially the one to astound people with his passion. he plays something like seven instruments. but piano is his heart. he makes magic with the piano. magic. people have told me this ever since i was young. it honestly did not make sense to me because i was so used to hearing it.


the ability to hear his music has been a gradual growing process in my adult years. i now love to simply listen to him play. and he doesn't just have a song bank of say 25 or 50 songs. for that matter, his song bank is not even 500 or 1,000. he can and does play literally any song you can imagine. no joke. he even knows music and lyrics to school fights songs such as Montana State University! he's ridiculous. i might be overstating this, but i think his song bank is only limited by the number of songs in the world. people will often say to him, "if you know this song,[insert some amazing "then..." statement]." in all of my years of hearing this preface, not once has he not known a song! no exaggeration.


of all of the music he's played over the years, nothing clutches the face of my heart like Rich Mullins. when he plays Rich, tears often swell in my eyes. only one or two leak out, but they pile up. it's two of the people that have impacted me greatly working together. those moments create a deep longing for Heaven. For a brief moment, Heaven is in the room.


thank you Jeremy. i love you my brother. thank you Rich. i look forward to meeting you.

this song has never gotten old