As I sit in Sips Coffee shop doing homework with Drew, this song came on: ‘Somebody’s Baby” by Jon Foreman. It is a really sad song, but listening to it I can’t help but think of the Lord’s goodness and his longing and passion for JUSTICE!!! I know the Lord is good and everything is done to make his name great. Although this song is a reality somewhere in the world, it doesn’t end there. It’s only beginning, and its beginning is at the gospel!! The Lord came to redeem his people and the world by dying on a cross to crush death and have victory over sin!

Psalm 37:28
For the Lord loves justice;

Psalm 82:3
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;

Here are the lyrics:

“Somebody’s Baby”
By: Jon Foreman

“She screams
If you’re homeless you’d sure
As hell you’d be drunk
Or high or trying to get there
Or begging for junk

When people don’t want you
They just throw you money for beer
Her name is November
She went by Autumn or Fall
It was seven long years
Since the Autumn
When all of her nightmares
Grew fingers
And all of her dreams
Grew tears

Chorus:
She’s somebody’s baby
Somebody’s baby girl
She’s somebody’s baby
Somebody’s baby girl
She’s somebody’s baby still

She says
Well if you’ve never gone it alone
Well then go ahead
You better throw the first stone
You got one lonely stoner
Waiting to bring to her knees
She dreams about heaven
Remembering Hell
As the place that she visits
And knows all to well
Every now and again
When she’s hopeful
She brushes her teeth

(Chorus)

Today was her birthday
Strangely enough
When the cops found her body
At the foot of the bluff
The anonymous caller this morning
Tipped off the police
They got her ID
From the dental remains
The same fillings intact
The same nicotine stains
The birth and the death
Were both over
With no one to grieve”


To Be Continued… =)