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To My Sons (for Lizze and Jared)

from Songs for My Friends (Demos) by Caroline Cobb

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My friends Lizze and Jared wanted a song for their two boys, who have two different personalities. Lizze provided me with several Bible passages that she and Jared pray over their sons, and this song is based on those verses. See Joshua 24:13, Isaiah 1:17, Colossians 3:12, 2 Timothy 2:22-26, Psalm 139:5.

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To my son with a heart of a lamb
You are warm and kind
But don't be afraid to take a stand

To my son with a lion's roar
You have an eye for a fight
Fight for the things worth fighting for

Oh my sons, don't listen to lies
Follow the crowd
Or pick the wrong fight

Fight for the ones with no one to fight for them
His heart is close to the ones in the margin
Follow the one with a heart of a servant
If you lay your life down that's when
I know you will find it, I know you will find it

There was a son
Who was gentle as a lamb
And strong as a lion
My sons be like him!

Oh my sons
Pick up your cross
And walk humbly with your God

Fight for the ones with no one to fight for them
His heart is close to the ones in the margin
Follow the one with a heart of a servant
If you lay your life down that's when
I know you will find it, I know you will find it

When your life feels like a war
And in the heat of the battle
All you want is to lay down your sword
Remember he is behind you
He goes beside you
And he will go before
He's the rock you can cling to
A shield and a refuge
A safe place in the storm

Fight for the ones with no one to fight for them
His heart is close to the ones in the margin
Follow the one with a heart of a servant
If you lay your life down that's when
I know you will find it, I know you will find it

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from Songs for My Friends (Demos), released April 26, 2013

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Caroline Cobb Dallas, Texas

Before her thirtieth birthday, singer-songwriter Caroline Cobb set a goal to write a song for every book of the Bible in one year. That year set in motion a passion: to tell the stories of scripture through music, helping you rehearse and remember the good news of God's Story as you listen. ... more

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