Anthem of Orphans

 Abandoned and orphaned-Fatherless and faithless

With no inheritance or hope-With no family to bless

And no past to rely on-Pain and trauma is your part

Secure in manipulations-Survival the finest art

Now to be chosen-Now to be adopted,

Now to be beloved-Oh to be so loved!

By the Love of the Father-By the cost of His son

Grafted into a family-Where many hearts are made one

Let these words land on them-The unaccustomed to your grace

Adopted as sons and daughters-Here with your father face to face

The anthem of orphans

Once unloved and rejected

Now arms e’re enfold you

Esteemed and protected.

Sing the song of a City on a Hill

Melody of overcoming souls

Cadence of redeemed hearts

A music that rages as it rolls

But God, but God, but God has made a way

To see the Righteous One

A root of righteousness

Yielding fruit in daughters and sons

And all but one are grafted in

The begotten one made a way

We call upon your lovely name

You wash our sins away.

The anthem of orphans

Once unloved and rejected

Now arms e’re enfold you

Esteemed and protected.

Sing the song of a City on a Hill

Melody of overcoming souls

Cadence of redeemed hearts

A music that rages as it rolls

Now to be chosen

Now to be adopted,

Now to be beloved

Oh to be so loved!

By the Love of the Father

By the cost of His son

Grafted into a family

Where many hearts are made one

Anthony Foster

For Alexis

September 13, 2013