larry never wanted this
his church is so large you can see it from space
his hair is an architectural wonder
his wife is some kind of marvelous smiling machine
he wanted to serve the lord
not in a half hearted, in between football games way
that so many people seem content with
he wanted the crazy enough to change the world way
it always seemed like if they just got a little more money
then they could really bust this thing open
really start doing things, things that would matter
but you have to spend money to make money
when ten people became twenty, he was just so honored
to be able to do something to bless people
when two hundred became five hundred,
he knew he was on the right track
when it hit two thousand he realized, there are not many people
who could hold something like this together
and if a skill like that is rare, it must be valuable
if he was a rare and valuable person
didn't he owe the world all that he could do?
that earnest young kid who just loved jesus
is still inside there somewhere
seeing the world with a clear eyed optimism
but now sees the image in the mirror
as a neccessary evil