I Believe In You And Me

My wife and I spent some time last night watching The Preacher’s Wife over popcorn after our son went to sleep. We’ve had a VCD of the movie a few months back and it’s just now that we’re able to watch it. I’ve seen the movie before (while I was on business trip in Japan a few years back) and I liked the movie so much that I’d want my wife to see it as well.

It’s about a preacher whose marriage is about to fall apart mainly because he was too busy taking care of his church. He asked for help from God, and an angel came to him. Although he didn’t believe it, the angel would proceed to do everything to help him get his marriage back. Things took a twist when, during a ‘date’ he set up for the preacher and his wife, the preacher backed out and asked the angel to go and take his wife out because he was too busy taking care of other people. The angel fell in love with the preacher’s wife, and the wife appears to feel the same way. The twist got resolved when the wife’s mother sensed something is starting to develop between the angel and the wife. The angel relented with his feelings, and started to continue with his duty of helping them regain their marriage. Everything ended well, the angel was able to do his duty and the preacher and his wife became the sweet couple they used to be.

Quite an ordinary story, right? What struck me in the movie was one scene during that date (where the preacher stood up his wife) where Whitney Houston sang “I Believe In You and Me” in a small music bar, at the insistence of a musician/friend who knew that she sang the tune while she and the preacher were still going out together.

That scene stuck in my mind because I think what the wife did was so sweet — so much that I’ve dreamed of somebody doing it for me some time in my life. I haven’t recalled telling my wife about that, but it would really mean a lot if somebody really special to me did something like that.

While my wife and I were watching last night, she asked me if I’ve wacthed the movie before. I told her yes, I ‘ve seen it before and I really like that scene where Whitney sang in the bar. I also told her that aside from that bar scene, I liked the way how the movie treated marriage, that it’s something that you’re supposed to honor and protect for the rest of your life. She just replied, “Ok.”

Well she wasn’t able to finish the movie — she fell asleep on the last 30 minutes of it. I don’t know if she got bored with it or was just too tired.

I did. Even now after sleeping and waking up in the morning, I could still hear Whitney’s voice singing the song.

I believe In you and me
I believe that we will be
In love eternally
Well as far as I can see
You will always be the one
For me (Oh yes, you will)

And I believe in dreams again
I believe that love will never end
And like the river finds the sea
I was lost, now I’m free
’cause I believe In you and me

I will never leave your side
I will never hurt your pride
When all the chips are down, baby
Then I will always be around
Just to be right where you are
My love, you know I love you, boy

I will never leave you out
I will always let you in, boy (mmm, oh baby)
To places no-one’s ever been,
Deep inside, can’t you see?
That I believe in you and me

Maybe I’m a fool
To feel the way I do
I will play the fool forever
Just to be with you forever

I believe in miracles
And love is the miracle
And yes, baby you’re my dream come true
I was lost, now I’m free,
Oh, baby ’cause i believe, i do believe, in you and me
See, I was lost, now I’m free
’cause I believe in you and me.