When You Believe

Last night, I decided to watch a movie while weaving some crosses for our Leadership Camp. Since I couldn't give the movie my full attention, I decided to watch something a bit lighter and picked an animated musical interpretation of the story of Moses. The Prince of Egypt, a Dreamworks film, was released in 1998 and starred Val Kilmer as the voice of Moses and Sandra Bullock as the voice of Miriam. While the story was not the most biblically accurate, it really was very enjoyable in its own way. In the extras on the DVD, the producers discussed that the movie was translated into 28 different languages to be shown in over 50 countries. While this is impressive in and of itself, the DVD included a music video demonstrating the work that went into matching the vocal styles across languages. The song is When You Believe and is one of my favorites from the film. Since this was such a wonderful song, I thought I would include the music video and the lyrics so you could see how amazing it truly is. Hope you enjoy it!

Many nights we've prayed with no proof anyone could hear

In our hearts a hopeful song we barely understood

Now we are not afraid although we know there's much to fear

We were moving mountains long before we knew we could

There can be miracles, when you believe though hope is frail, it's hard to kill

Who knows what miracles you can achieve when you believe, somehow you will

You will when you believe

In this time of fear when prayers so often prove in vain

Hope seems like the summer birds to swiftly flown away

Yet now I'm standing here my heart's so full I can't explain

Seeking faith and speaking words I never thought I'd say

Chorus

They don't always happen when you ask(Oh)

And it's easy to give in to your fears(Oh...Ohhhh)

But when you're blinded by your pain

Can't see your way straight through the rain

A small but still resilient voice says love is the relief(Ohhh)

Chorus