Mark Miller composed this song, “I Believe,” as he was grappling with a despairing time in his life.

The words, anonymous, were said to have been found inscribed on a cellar wall in Cologne, Germany where Jews were hiding from Nazi persecution.

I believe in the sun even when it’s not shining.

I believe in love even when I don’t feel it.

I believe in God even when God is silent.

I wonder how the person who scribed that on the cellar wall struggled to find that clarity of hope – that resolution not to give up. I wonder if there were several there debating whether all was truly lost for them. At some point the person, or the people huddled in that dark place wrote out their creed – and it continues to ring through the ages.

I invite you to take a moment to listen to this song – and let the words and the heart of the music speak a fresh reminder to you that beauty and goodness are deeper than the fear and despair that can cloud our minds, and love is carrying us through even when we don’t feel it.