This song really hit me when Kim and I were driving to Calgary on Thursday and I think that it's really relevant to where I'm at right now.  

Somebody's Baby

~Jon Foreman

She yells, "if you were homeless,

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 a tear

She's somebody's baby, 

somebody's baby girl

She's somebody's baby, 

somebody's baby girl

And she's somebody's baby still

She screams, "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 a nightmare she visits

And knows all too well

Every now and again 

when she's sober she brushes her teeth

She's somebody's baby, 

somebody's baby girl

She's somebody's baby, 

somebody's baby girl

And she's somebody's baby still

Today was her birthday

strangely enough

when the cops found her body

at the foot of the cliff

the anonymous caller this morning

tipped off the police

they got her ID

from her dental remains

the same fillings intact

the same nicotine stains

the birth and the death 

were both over

with no one to grieve

She's somebody's baby, 

somebody's baby girl

She's somebody's baby, 

somebody's baby girl

And she's somebody's baby still

After hearing this song for the first time, I decided that I never wanted anyone to have to live in that kind of despair.  I also didn't want anyone to have to die and have no one even notice they were gone.  People are valuable to God, no matter who they are and I want God's heart to be my heart.  We went to Josh's church this morning and it was a really challenging time.  The worship time was really good and the speaker was from Gospel for Asia.  He mostly talked about the untouchable children in India and how they're viewed and what GFA was doing about it.  It broke my heart to hear about the way that people in India place no value on the lives of so many people.  I've been thinking, though, that I probably inadvertently place less value on the lives of some than I should.  

Man!  So much to say!