{"id":198921,"date":"2019-03-22T20:05:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T01:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=198921"},"modified":"2019-03-22T20:05:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T01:05:37","slug":"matthew-wests-pro-life-unplanned-song-beautifully-describes-preborn-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/matthew-wests-pro-life-unplanned-song-beautifully-describes-preborn-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew West&#8217;s pro-life &#8216;Unplanned&#8217; song beautifully describes preborn baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Christian singer-songwriter Matthew West has penned many beloved songs, such as &#8220;Grace Wins,&#8221; &#8220;Forgiveness,&#8221; &#8220;Do Something,&#8221; and &#8220;You are Everything.&#8221; And now, West has put his talent behind the new pro-life movie, &#8220;Unplanned,&#8221; with a title track of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>The song, says West, was written &#8220;from the perspective of someone seeing their baby for the first time. Tried to capture the feelings I had when I first heard my daughter&#8217;s heartbeat; the overwhelming sense of a life that is precious, a miracle &amp; a gift.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I wrote this from the perspective of someone seeing their baby for the first time. Tried to capture the feelings I had when I first heard my daughter&#8217;s heartbeat; the overwhelming sense of a life that is precious, a miracle &amp; a gift. Unplanned is out now <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d4gdzzpwA7\">https:\/\/t.co\/d4gdzzpwA7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oNqS8NaM0J\">pic.twitter.com\/oNqS8NaM0J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matthew West (@matthew_west) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthew_west\/status\/1108949176555986944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The lyrics of the song speak powerfully of the humanity of the child in the womb. In part, they read:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>I&#8217;m looking at a masterpiece<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;m staring at a work of art<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;m listening to a symphony<\/em><br \/>\n<em>In every beat of your tiny heart<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You used to be a choice to make<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But now I think you&#8217;ve chosen me<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8216;Cause I see ten fingers, ten toes<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Two eyes and I know this is meant to be<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Oh I don&#8217;t believe in accidents<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Miracles, they don&#8217;t just happen by chance<\/em><br \/>\n<em>As long as my God holds the world in his hands<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I know that there&#8217;s no such thing as unplanned<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Broken turns to beautiful<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I see you right before my eyes<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And every single breath you breathe<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Is destiny love has brought to love<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I thought it was my story&#8217;s end<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But now the future&#8217;s all I see<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Instead of asking who you might&#8217;ve been<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;m wondering who you&#8217;re gonna be&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Every life deserves a voice<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Every child deserves a chance<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You are more than just a choice<\/em><br \/>\n<em>There&#8217;s no such thing as unplanned<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Every life deserves a voice<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Every child deserves a chance<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You are more than just a choice<\/em><br \/>\n<em>There&#8217;s no such thing as unplanned&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ttXoXMBfZ8Q\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unplanned,&#8221; the movie, releases next week on March 29th. See the trailer below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mReCdg607xY\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian singer-songwriter Matthew West has penned many beloved songs, such as &#8220;Grace Wins,&#8221; &#8220;Forgiveness,&#8221; &#8220;Do Something,&#8221; and &#8220;You are Everything.&#8221; And now, West has put his talent behind the new pro-life movie, &#8220;Unplanned,&#8221; with a title track of the same name. 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