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I think a lot of parents hand people over a blueprint and say, This is how youre supposed to do it. And my parents, I think, kind of drew a picture and said, Heres the good stuff in life. How do you get there?

Rich Mullins

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Rich Mullins
Age: 41 †
Born: 1955
Born: October 21
Died: 1997
Died: September 19
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I grew up hearing everyone tell me 'God loves you'. I would say big deal, God loves everybody. That don't make me special! That just proves that God ain't got no taste. And, I don't think He does. Thank God! Because He takes the junk of our lives and makes the most beautiful art.
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Yes, it’s embarrassing to be born again, but imagine how embarrassing it must have been to be born the first time. At least this time you get to wear clothes!
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And I believe what I believe / Is what makes me what I am / I did not make it, no it is making me / It is the very truth of God and not / The invention of any man.
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Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken.
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There's people been friendly But they'd never be your friends Sometimes this has bent me to the ground
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Psycho-babble is that language spoken by sailors who have become so interested in navigating their way around their boat that they have forgotten to read the stars and sea. They may be able to get from the galley to the head but will be lost in their journey from point to port.
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After you're dead [...] it's not gonna matter if you have a few scars. It will matter if you didn't live.
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Sometimes my life just don't make sense at all. The mountains looks so big and my faith just seems so small.
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