Will the people you love follow you home?
“I’m Going Home” (Radio Edit) by JD Littlewhiteman (Remix by Heather Jean Kipf) is about how standing in the Jordan River changes a person. Heather Jean Kipf felt that change the moment she stood where John baptized Jesus, and the feeling never left her. She went home wanting to write about a river. What came out instead was a song about everyone she loves. Heather emphasizes that “we write as a team, but this particular song primarily reflects my own (Heather’s) experience and faith journey.”
That’s the heartbeat behind “I’m Going Home.” The Jordan becomes more than just water. It symbolizes the line between this life and the next, the moment we “fall at His feet” and “touch those scars that saved my life.” Heather doesn’t hide her struggles. Her family saw her faith as giving up on reason, “trading knowledge for religion.” She answers that “Jesus broke my prison and gave me wings to fly.” This freedom can look like foolishness to others, but she doesn’t care. She was finally alive.
In Hebrews 11:1 we read: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Faith is never about rejecting logic. It’s about trusting what your own eyes are not yet able to confirm.
Think about what you’re currently chasing in your life. Money fades. Fame forgets your name within a generation. The chorus asks a better question: “If I cross that Jordan first, will you follow me there?” That’s not guilt. That’s a special kind of love that refuses to let go.
Who in your life needs to hear that question from you today? Stop waiting for the perfect words. Reach out to them and pray for them by name tonight. May this song carry that prayer for you. “I don’t fear death anymore. I can stand in any storm. In Him, I am secure.”
(Related scripture: Hebrews 11:1; Revelation 21:27; 2 Timothy 1:7)
Background:
Heather shared:
We write as a team, but this particular song primarily reflects my own (Heather's) experience and faith journey.
I started to write “I’m Going Home” after visiting the Jordan River in Israel. Standing in the water where John baptized Jesus stayed with me long after I came home.
Originally, I wanted to write a song about the Jordan, but it became something much more personal. The song is for the people I love and for anyone who hears it. There is an intense longing in me that they find Jesus, make it across that metaphorical Jordan, and have their names written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. To me, the alternative is unbearable.
Part of that longing comes from my own journey. I want people to see Jesus in me, but the truth is my walk can be rocky. I’m not always the best example, even though I want to be.
The Jordan River in this song and many songs becomes a picture of the day we finally meet Jesus face to face. More than money, success, or anything this world can offer, I want to see the names of the people I love written in the Book of Life.
At its heart, the song asks one simple question:
“If I cross that Jordan first, will you follow me there?”
Written by Heather Jean Kipf and JD Littlewhiteman.
Regarding the Lyrics: I want to add the part about trading Logic for religion. That's my family very rooted in science and they think religion is taking a step back into the stone age. They don't understand the power there is in Jesus that He broke my chains
Release date: June 19, 2026
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