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That Home By Newsboys
“That Home” by the Newsboys is about family and specifically appreciation for mothers. Our parents do a lot for us and we need to learn from them the best we can before they have to go “home.” This can be seen throughout the song like, “There was a home in town Where broken kids, the lost & found Would come from miles around Just to see, what love was all about 'Cause Momma had a way of makin' things okay”(Newsboys) She finds a way to not only help her kids she also helps others and shows love. “Momma always had the music on Sometimes loud, sometimes soft When I asked her 'bout her favorite song She opened the bible to the book of Psalms She always found a way to talk about grace”(Newsboys) She taught her kids about grace and how how to also
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