Dolly Parton Stairway to heaven

Who knew?
For me this rendition of Stairway, originally by the hardest of hard rockers of the 60’s Led Zeppelin, performed by The Queen of Country Music, Dolly Parton, speaks to the universality of music and how it speaks to all of us in different ways. People often want to pigeon hole artists into one camp or another while the Artist is much more of a conduit for creative forces and much more inclined to see the inner beauty of the art than the genre. 

July 9, 2002: Dolly Parton releases a cover of Carl Thomas Dean's favorite song

Parton included an unexpected cover of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" on her 2002 Halos & Horns album in honor of Dean. "I do songs that I just love," she said in an interview. "My husband has such an odd taste in music, and he loves Led Zeppelin. He's been a 'Led Head' from day one and also loves bluegrass and big-band music. 'Stairway to Heaven' was always Carl's favorite."

Parton said that it became a tune she enjoyed as well: "It was kind of like 'our song' because at romantic times or sweet times, we'd just be riding around in the car and if that would come on, Lord, he'd just knock us out of the car turning it up full blast."

 I feel the same way about Jesus. 

Jesus did not roam this earth to say he was the only light, the truth and the way, he was a path, a beacon a role model, an advocate and a reminder. He was a humanitarian. He loved mankind and or the goodness within us and tried to point out and cast out the bad. Blessed are the meek, the poor, the enslaved yearning to be free. As for violence he said to live by the sword is to die by the sword. Blessed are the peacemakers. Love thy neighbor as thyself and love thine enemy. If a man should take your coat, give him your cloak as well. As for judgement he said judge not and As for revenge he said to turn the other cheek and forgive them they know not what they do. 
Sadly so much of the beauty and grace that Jesus taught has been obscured if not lost in today’s version of Christianity. The Stairway to heaven is not a moment of being Saved and forgiven, it is a process of learning and working and growing in the right direction. Not the quest for personal power and wealth but the path of caring for others. However you treat the least of your sisters and brothers is how you are treating me.