I Keep Falling in Love with Him – Lanny Wolfe

Lanny Wolfe is one of those songwriters who took the less direct pathway to his career in music. That was probably part of what he was thinking about when he wrote the song “I Keep Falling in Love with Him” that was published in 1975. Wolfe’s biography includes a nine-year period in the 1960’s in which he travelled all over the U.S. while completing three college degrees, a time when he says he really learned to trust in the Lord. He began in Columbus, Ohio, and crisscrossed the nation because a desire to engage in music for the Lord would just not be quenched. His experience helped him gain an appreciation for what God was doing in his life along the way, to let Him be the hands on the wheel. As he and his travelling “Lanny Wolfe Trio” ministered in more areas in the 1970’s, the pattern of his life continued as it had in the previous decade. Wolfe’s opportunities in music were blossoming, but he didn’t lose sight of God’s presence and guidance, even in ways that others might have missed. It was an episode, in not the most normal way, that Wolfe says inspired the song he wrote in 1975, and in his owns words, here it is: 

 

 

It was one of those strange moments in a Stuckey’s Restaurant. We were out on the road and were taking one of those pit stops and there in a metal rack was a wood plaque that said: “Funny how I keep falling in love with you over and over again.” Well, probably hundreds of people had seen that plaque and had no inspiration beyond the general implication of love between a guy and a girl. As soon as I saw it though, a spiritual implication hit me that I keep falling in love with Him over and over again; because it is really true. What really happens, is Jesus brings so many new blessings into our lives; He just keeps surprising us with new horizons; He doesn’t change; He is as great as He ever was, but in our minds He becomes greater, simply because we allow Him to become greater. The more we allow Him to become greater, the more we realize how much we love, and therefore, it is easy to fall in love with Him over and over again. 

 

 

 Makes you think again about how to regard the ups and downs, and twists and turns in life, doesn’t it? It’s probably worth talking to an older believer, someone who’s seen plenty, to see how He works in unexpected, convoluted ways. According to Lanny’s song, and reading between the lines (now that I know the story), that’s how He keeps reminding us that He loves us, if we’ll just see Him in those adventures, and love Him back. It’s a never-ending process, one that will carry us right into eternity. 

 

 

Check out extra words on the following recording demo of song: http://music.christwill.com/accompaniment-tracks/i-keep-falling-in-love-with-him-119973.html

 

Biographical information on Lanny Wolfe is from this website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanny_Wolfe

 

Lanny Wolfe’s story for the song was obtained via an e:mail conversation with his music production company Paradigm Music Productions on January 27, 2010. Thanks again for the story Lanny Wolfe!