I just learned today that Larry Norman passed away this last Sunday at 2:45am. He was 60 years old.Larry Norman was an early hero of mine. As a high school aged Jesus person his revolutionary music encouraged me with the counter culture nature of the gospel. We appreciated how he asked "why should the devil have all the good music?". He encouraged us to pick up those guitars and keep playing those drums.
Probably his most famous song was "I wish we'd all been ready." The theology was probably not spot on but the sentiment was.
He dictated these last words to a friend several hours before he breathed his last...
(from his brother Charles website)
I feel like a prize in a box of cracker jacks with God's hand reaching down to pick me up. I have been under medical care for months. My wounds are getting bigger. I have trouble breathing. I am ready to fly home.
My brother Charles is right, I won't be here much longer. I can't do anything about it. My heart is too weak. I want to say goodbye to everyone. In the past you have generously supported me with prayer and finance and we will probably still need financial help.
My plan is to be buried in a simple pine box with some flowers inside. But still it will be costly because of funeral arrangement, transportation to the gravesite, entombment, coordination, legal papers etc. However money is not really what I need, I want to say I love you.
I'd like to push back the darkness with my bravest effort. There will be a funeral posted here on the website, in case some of you want to attend. We are not sure of the date when I will die. Goodbye, farewell, we will meet again.
Goodbye, farewell, we'll meet again
Somewhere beyond the sky.
I pray that you will stay with God
Goodbye, my friends, goodbye.
2 comments:
Don't you just feel like a friend has passed on? Although, I kind of cringe at the song, just remembering the music breaks my heart and causes me to think of a time gone by when I was younger. I will pray for his family and rejoice with him in his new Home! I'm so glad you let us know. Thanks, Dave.
Thanks for the tribute. As one who grew up "one decade late" to get to experience the energy of folks like Norman, I appreciate and am thankful that folks who inspire even today (like you Dave) were able to experience him. Thank you Jesus for allowing people like Norman and Dave to live out the chain of life before me. Amen.
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