Stand By Us. He Did

“When the night has come and the land is dark and the moon is the only light we’ll see/ Still I won’t be afraid, no I won’t be afraid/ just as long as you stand, stand by me…”Elizabeth Edwards is gone and it feels like she’s gone; but the man singing this old classic doesn't FEEL gone. I just spent an hour watching clips and listening to his music. And I looked up December 8 1980 in my diary and there was the killing, raw as a fresh wound.His spiritual brother Paul is gifted too of course but John had that bass-note of darkness and he didn’t care at all what they thought of his wife. I still smile when I think of how they found a way to embody that truism that love beats war with their two "bed-ins.” He had a great talent and he grew it and he shared it all around; what more does God want of us than this?[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4_ghOG9JQM&feature=related]