The End of the Spear
We went to see the “End of the Spear Movie” tonight.
It moved me greatly. I read the “Jungle Pilot” and “Through Gates of Spendor” again in order to write a song to pitch to the movie or the CD release. That process was also very moving. I was struck most by the words spoken by these men that evidenced their preparation to give up their lives for the gospel. I got to meet Steve Saint a few months ago. Our conversation led me to a title for a song that challenges me to the same committment. Here is the lyric.
To The Ends of the Earth ©2005, Phil Mehrens
Their lives were lost
But the story hasn’t ended
It tells of what it cost to plant the seed
And greater love has no one
Than to give his life for someone
Sometimes the end is really the beginning
And You alone could turn this into good
And like the first disciples
They would blaze the trail for others
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To the ends of the earth I will follow
Anywhere You lead me I will go
To the ends of the earth I will follow after You
To the ends of the earth I will follow
Ready to deliver the life I owe
To the ends of the earth I will follow after You
Yes, I will go to the ends of the earth
I dare not stay
When there’s so much hunger
When there are those
Who’ve never heard your name
How can I stay here
When You have sent us there?
“He is no fool
Who gives what he cannot keep
To gain what he cannot lose” (Jim Elliot)
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