A Time to Love

To everything there is a season,

a time for every purpose under the sun.

There's a time to face the challenges of adversities,

and a time to celebrate great

victory’s we have won.

There’s a time when countries go to war,

and a time for all wars to cease.

There's a time to let go...a time to let God,

a time to know when to surrender and release.

Yet, now is the time to start resolving

 our differences in a way that brings

 all humanity peace.

Although life as we have known is changing,

God’s will for us to have a good life is not yet done.

Just as nature regenerates itself after winter 
when spring comes,

the season of new beginnings for us
 has just begun.

We have gone through fire, water, 
snow storms and earthquakes

that caused the earth to tremble and shake.

Even a major reconstruction of our economic system,

 as a country we have had to face.

Yet, I am convinced that regardless of what may appear,

now is the time and this is the year

 to see God bring us out into a comfortable place.

Now is the time for us to come together,

with one vision…as one nation.

Divided no more by different race, creed or

 views of religion,
Let's come together as one...
For we are all God’s creation.

Every good and perfect gift comes

from our Father above…

And there’s no better time than now to
give one another His greatest gift of all
...the perfect gift of love.

I originally wrote this poem back in 2010 inspired by all the catastrophic events and major economic and societal changes that unfolded at the time causing much fear, anxiety, doubt and hopelessness here in the U.S and around the world. 

I thought February being the month of Love was a good time to share this revised shorter version with you. However, as an added bonus, that I also perceive as divine confirmation, I just discovered, that two of my favorite music artist collaborated on a song that reinforces the message of my poem. Stevie Wonder has an album with the same title as my poem, A Time to Love, and the single features the lovely and talented India Arie. 

After listening to this version with the lyrics also posted in the video I thought it was the perfect compliment to my poem and wanted to share it as part of my Inspirational Love Note for you today. That said, please enjoy the music video attached of this beautifully written and performed song by Stevie Wonder featuring India Arie, sharing the same title as my poem, A Time to Love.

A One Love Production

Poem ~A Time to Love

By Anna Ms.Poet Hendricks

Copyright 2010, Revised February 2014

References: Holy Bible (Lamsa’s Aramaic Translation)

Ecclesiastes 3:1, John 10:10, Matthew 10:8,

Psalm 66:9 &12, James 1:17, 1 Corinthians 13:13

Music Video, A Time to Love, By Stevie Wonder f/India Arie,

 http://www.youtube.com/