Back in 1988, I wrote a song with one simple question: How?
How can we tell the world that love is all that matters now?
Decades later, the same question is still here—maybe even louder.
The world talks about love, but avoids the part that makes love real—change. And this is where many struggle when they hear the Bible. Its words are not weak or unclear. They cut deep, because they ask us to live differently: to leave comfort, to give up pride, to let go of pleasures, and to admit when we are wrong. Many would rather turn away—and choose another path, a different change, but one that leads in the wrong direction.
The sad thing is, people accept bad change so fast. Violence, hate, and selfishness spread like nothing. People absorb them like background noise. Now, with the internet, evil does not even need the news. The ones doing it post it themselves. What was hidden before is now open for all to see. And the scary part? People have grown numb.
When the Bible asks us to change, it is not to ruin life. God does not want us miserable. He wants us free. He wants peace for us. He wants us to live with real love. The bitter pill is not poison—it is the cure.
So maybe that is why love feels useless to many today. Not because it lost power, but because people would rather avoid what calls them to grow. To love means to change. To forgive means to change. To believe means to change. And most people just don’t want that.
The world may flaunt darkness now, bolder than before, but that only makes the light more urgent. My question from 1988 is still the same: How can we tell the world that love is what matters? Maybe we cannot force people to listen. Maybe the only way is to live it—until someone sees, and remembers that change was never the enemy.
𝚃𝚢𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙾𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎
𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚛.𝚌𝚘𝚖
How?
People never seem to care
About the way the world is made
Ego trips and worldly pleasures
That’s everything in it
Some fight for survival
The outcome—violence and death
Some hungered for food
But that’s the way it is
How can we tell the world
That love is all that matters now
How can we explain the things we saw
That they did not see
People try to look for peace
Some—temporary relief
Others go with the world
But still nothing left to bear
People Don’t Want to Change
People accept bad change so easily, but ignore the good change that brings peace, freedom, and love. This reflection asks the same question since 1988: How can we tell the world that love is what matters?
