Some of my childhood memories revolve around the music I grew up listening to. We all have a soundtrack of our lives that echo the times in which we live.

“What the World Needs Now” composed by Burt Bacharach is a song that was released and made popular by Jackie DeShannon in 1965, but Dionne Warwick sang a contemporary version most resonating to the new age.

The Lyrics go…

Lord, we don’t need another mountain
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb.
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross,
Enough to last till the end of time.

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.

What was true in the sixties is still rings true today.

Once again the world is boiling over in unfathomable diseases and infections like corona virus, pestilences in Africa like locusts, riots, violent protests, racial unrest, hatred and fear. What is needed now is not another press conference, or another tweet from our leaders, or another protest march where people end up dead.

It should be clear to everyone that we do not have the answers to the problems that plague us. There is only one answer. What the world needs now is love.

And “God is love” (1 John 4:8). He’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.

In case we forgot,

Love is patient,

Love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. (1 Cor. 13:4-8).

Let’s do our part to change the discordant soundtrack of our times and allow the music of God’s love to play through us.

What can you do today to show love and care to the world? Let us know your thoughts in the comment box below. 🙂