I thought these songs were very interesting. They were both very popular songs when they came out. I remember hearing both of them on the radio. I never realized that both these songs are about the songwriters' experiences with abortion. Both of these songs reflect fairly well the kind of difficulties and hurts that those who have experience abortion face. Allow these secular songs to give you a heart for others who are experiencing this. And it's not just women. I found it interesting that the writers of these songs are both men.

Ben Folds- Brick



6 am day after Christmas
I throw some clothes on in
The dark
The smell of cold
Car seat is freezing
The world is sleeping and
I am numb
Up the stairs to her apartment
She is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad went down
To charlotte
Theyre not home to find us
Out
And we drive
Now that I have founds someone
Im feeling more alone
Than I ever have before

Chorus
Shes a brick and Im drowning
Slowly
Off the coast and Im headed
Nowhere
Shes a brick and Im drowning
Slowly

They call her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then I walk down to buy her
Flowers
And sell some gifts that I got
Cant you see
Its not me youre dying for
Now shes feeling more alone
Than she ever has before

Chorus

As weeks went by
It showed that she was not fine
They told me son its time
To tell the truth
And she broke down and I broke
Down
cause I was tired of lying
Driving back to her apartment
For the moment were alone
Shes alone
And Im alone
Now I know it

Chorus
The Verve Pipe- The Freshmen



When I was young and knew everything
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm guilt stricken
Sobbing with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice no...

I can't be held responsible
Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place

(Chorus)
For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and
We'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe
We'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen

My best friend took a week's
Vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of
Valium and slept
Now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his
Head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really
Wept he says

I can't be held responsible
Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place

(Chorus)

We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
We never talk of our lack in relationships
And how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our
Heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip
We'd say

I can't be held responsible
Cause she was touching her face
And I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place

(Chorus)x2
For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and
We'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe
We'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
(SECOND TIME)
we were merely freshmen
we were only freshmen

Vision for 2009

Sorry it has been so long since our last post. We will try to be more consistent. I will try to update our blog at least every Wednesday. It has been an incredible experience living in Washington D.C. this year. I am thankful for all of my brothers and sisters on the Youth With A Mission team Remnant. They have taught me so much about prayer and intercession, and all the while they were discipling me through the way they live their lives.
Everything is changing for 2009. As our team has sought the Lord, many of us felt pulled in more specific individual directions, but also not to end the team. To more room for God to do what He wants in our own lives and in the team as a whole, we have decided to spread out for a few months and gather together again in Washington D.C. in March 2009.
God has launched a vision in my heart to put together a mobile team to travel around the country with a production to offer hope and healing to those who have been effected by both abortion and miscarriage. Our society often minimizes the significance of losing an unborn child. But as mothers and fathers, our hearts do love and bond with our unborn children, even if its subconciously recognizing that his/her life was valuable, precious, and made in the image of God. Just like other forms of loss, it is important to walk through a healthy grieving and healing process. With the guilt and shame often associated with abortion, there are a whole lot of people who haven't walked through this process of grieving and healing in a healthy way. I want to recognize these people's loss and the pain that they are in by creating a opportunity at Church for them to begin this process. It will be like a memorial for the unborn, but will also teach and talk about the effects of abortion and miscarriage on women and men.
Our family will be in Ohio until March, putting this production together. We are already learning so much about post-abortion healing. We are studying, reading, meeting with Pregnancy Centers and pastors in order to be prepared to take others through this healing process. We will also be doing fundraising, connecting with supporters, writing the production's teachings and dramas, and putting together the audio and video. Let us know if you have good ideas concerning this vision. Pray that the Holy Spirit speaks to us and breathes on this production. Pray for the right connections, relationship, and finances to come in. We are definately in need of God's grace and provision. God bless.