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mike c

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3 weeks now since Larry went home and I'm just amazed at how messages just keep coming in.  We're all still thinking of and praying for Larry's family, we, the body of Christ are still grieving together at our loss , and I know I'm not the only who just really misses Larry.  Every song I've listened to is different now knowing that he's gone, but I take refuge in knowing that these songs will continue to touch and change lives and save souls until Jesus returns.
Also, I just wanted to say thank you so much to Charly for starting this message board, which has allowed us to all be in this together.  It has been a great source of encouragement for many reasons.
I wrote in under topic "I wonder" because I have been sitting here wondering if Larry had any idea just  how many people's lives he had touched throughout his lifetime.  I hope that enough of us let him know what he meant to us while he was still alive.  Just wondering.

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Anonymous

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I think Larry knew that he had touched so many people, but knowing in reality just HOW MUCH he touched each and every one of them is a different thing. I too am astonished at just how many people have been affected by him, from what I have been reading on here... so many recollections from way back when Larry was "just another kid on the block" and things from more recent times, it's so heartwarming to see the warmth coming through in the majority of the postings on here.

Long may this message board remain, it's certainly proving to be a comfort to me, as I'm sure it is to many others here too.

Steve, UK

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teatime

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I'm with you, Steve.  I have found so much comfort in this forum.  And, in all honesty, Larry's death, and reading all these posts here, has rekindled some things inside of me.  I feel a joy that I haven't had in a long time.  And an awareness of the presence of Jesus daily.  I think hearing how others have been helped and influenced by Larry has helped me.  Also, knowing that others out there are having moments of tears has helped me to let go and cry, too. 

Mike C., you said you were wondering if Larry knew how many lives he had touched.  I am not real sure he would have cared much.  Larry always seemed to care more about getting the message of Jesus out than he did about numbers.  And I know, for myself, that I waited too long to let him know how much he had done for my marriage, and my walk with Jesus.  The best we can all do now is to live our lives in radical obedience to Jesus...with Larry as an example of remaining faithful to the end, no matter the cost.  Let us all pick up our crosses daily....to Larry's honor....and God's glory.

in Him
teatime

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teatime

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Sorry for the btb posts.  But I have been thinking lately....What were Larry's spiritual gifts?  While his love for sharing Jesus with the unsaved would tend to make one think he was an evangelist, Larry himself discounted this.  But I wonder....was he a prophet?  Did he dream dreams, or have visions?  One comment I read somewhere, Larry said that he often would go off alone when things would weigh him down.  Prophets, by their nature, require a great deal of time alone with God.  But I know his ability to go right to the heart of the matter (especially in conversation with him, he knew things about whoever he was speaking to that hadn't been revealed by the words of the person he was speaking to), leads one to believe that God showed him things about others...another mark of a prophet.  And so many of his songs, and talks in between the songs, called the church "on the carpet" for her lack of really making a difference in this world....called her to a deeper walk with Jesus...another mark of a prophet.
 

I guess I am asking questions that we may never really know the answers to.  But if anyone out there has any insight into what they think Larry's spiritual gifts were, I would be interested in chatting about it.  You can email me at:
teatime93058@yahoo.com. 

I guess for myself, I am not trying to "pigeon hole" Larry, just want to understand him better, so as to maybe understand myself better.

in Him
teatime

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Tom

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There are those people who have probably an even greater influence for God even after they go home to Him, and I think Larry may be one of those special brothers.  Even though he obviously touched a multitude of people with his music and life, it is great to hear from so many who are now re-looking at his example and examining their own walk with God.

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Holly Heimbigner

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I was 14, 15 or 16 years old when I attended my first Larry Norman concert. Seems so long ago I can hardly remember how old I was. I had many of his first albums. I was born in a Christian home and I didn't realize what a special time I grew up in. I t was the eve of Christian Rock and Roll and Larry was truely an artist and sold out to God as well. He was the father of Christian Rock and as far as I was concerned there had always been Christian rock but it had just started. It still amazes me when I run into people who love Christain bands but have no idea who Larry Norman is. I was living in Arizona when I first attended his concert and my Youth pastor was a big fan of his. Larry had a big part in molding my young Christian heart. When I was looking for his music today on the internet I stumbled across this cite and it took my breath away to find out he had passed away less than a month ago. It took me a few min to tell my husband and he was in shock too. To his family I am truely sorry for your loss but I know you have the peace that you will be reunited with him someday and I look forward to meeting him in heaven. I grew up on his artistic musice and true love of God. I still remember at his concert of having the realization that I didn't want to be just a Christian in name I wanted to have it seated deep in my heart and in my actions. I went through a few rough years in college where I wasn't sure if God was the God of my parents or of me too. After a few years I realized I just wanted to serve God. I wrote on this cite because Larry truely had an impact on my life.

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