In my little habit of choosing a song for the year, I never really know when it will happen, but, this particular version of the Led Zeppelin classic--lyrics adapted by Dolly, but very close to the original--is the one for 2009. There was no video, so here’s part of my favorite prayer, by P. D. Brewer, to accompany the song. (Link @ R)
“There are days, living God, when I can see it--feel it--sense it all around me--within me.
This is your world, and it is not aimless. Time has a purpose, and you are its steward.
Loving God, I believe, scatter my unbelief.
It is not possible that greed and injustice are forever.
It is not possible that the meek will stay dispossessed.
It is not possible that peacemakers must inevitably fail.
It is not possible that nations will always make war.
It is not possible that the merciful will always be scorned.
It is not possible that forgiveness will at last dry up.
It is not possible that the weak are doomed to be downtrodden.
It is not possible that the hungry will always go unsatisfied.
It is not possible that sincere hearts will always be exploited.
It is not possible that laughter shall finally be stilled.
It is not possible that fear will always outwit love.
It is not possible that the cynics will always be right.
It is not possible that goodness will have flowered in vain.
It is not possible that death will render all things futile.
It is not possible that Jesus will ever be forgotten.
It is not possible that faith will die out on earth.
Loving God, I believe, scatter my unbelief.”
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Le Violiniste Bleu, Chagall
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