I've always thought this song captured something really important about that day now 11 years ago, the shaping event of a generation. I listen to it from time to time and am convinced that appeal of this song is two things: the way it reminded us of our common humanity, and its core message--that the greatest power in the world is love. Which is not to say that evil isn't real, hatred doesn't have its appeal, innocents don't die, and the world isn't broken. But as Alan Jackson paraphrases the Apostle Paul "faith, hope and love are some good things He gave us, and the greatest is love." As we confront hatred and evil in our day, in whatever form, we should never lose sight of the fact that there is no force more powerful than love.
