What the world needs now is love, sweet love 🌎❤️
The world seems to be going crazy, but God has an antidote: love. It may sound a little trite, but it’s so true.
As I prepared for this new series on loving others, I remembered a song by Jackie DeShannon titled “What the World Needs Now is Love.” It goes like this:
“What the world needs now is love, sweet love.It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.What the world needs now is love, sweet love.No, not just for some but for everyone.”
This song is needed in our society more than ever. Gone are the days of peaceful protest with icons like Gandhi, Dr. King, and so many others who spoke up against injustice and even tyranny without the use of violence.
friend, how do you feel about the violence in so many of our cities and the lack of civility?
The Bible has a lot to say about the importance of love: “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” (1 Corinthians 13:1, NIV)
As a teenager growing up in the seventies, I remember the protests against the Vietnam War. I still feel badly about our servicemen who were lost in that war and their families. I also feel horrible for the animosity our veterans experienced on their return home. I’m sure they didn’t pick this fight, but they served faithfully. In my mind, they deserve love, honor, and respect.
Jesus was hated and maligned for His words, life, and standards, yet He admonished us, “‘But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.’” (Matthew 5:44, NIV). Love drove Jesus to give, heal, and love. But love also forced Him to confront the religious hypocrites and societal injustice.
Can you choose to love others like Jesus does, friend? Can you be different from our society of haters, thugs, and rageaholics?
Would you pray with me? “Dear Jesus, please help me love people who are different from me. Help me love the unlovable, the different, the lost, and even my enemies. I’m choosing love because You chose me. Amen.”
When you choose love, you can change your world. Because you’re a miracle.
