Legacy

It was time to choose a new song for the kids to learn. I had just taught them a hymn so now it was time to teach them a current song. I went through my catalog and came up with The Rock that Doesn’t Roll. I wasn’t sure of which lyrics went to which verse, so I looked it up. I was surprised I didn’t find tons of sites with the lyrics. I typed in my words and to my surprise I discovered it was Larry Norman song. I learned about Larry years ago through the greatest group of all time, DC Talk. I had no idea that when Ed Rapinchuk taught me that song at Redeemer that it was a Larry song.

Then I thought about Larry Norman’s legacy, he died recently, and I thought this was part of his legacy. This song that he wrote about how God is always there. This is part of Larry’s legacy.


I was lost and blind 'til a friend of mine
Came and took me by the hand.
Then he led me to his kingdom
That was in another land.
Now my life is changed, it's rearranged.
When I think of my past I feel so strange.
Wowie, zowie, well he saved my soul.
He's the rock that doesn't roll.

He's the rock that doesn't roll.
He's the rock that doesn't roll.
He's good for the body and great for the soul.
He's the rock that doesn't roll.


And not only is part of Larry’s legacy, but it is part of youth pastor Ed Rapinchuk’s legacy because he taught this song to me and now I’m teaching it to my kids. This legacy is a love of Christ, a love for Christ.


I want to leave a legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love?
Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace
Who blessed Your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy


Thanks Larry. Thanks Ed.