Time

After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He did not wish to go about in Judea because the Jews were looking for an opportunity to kill him. Now the Jewish festival of Booths was near. So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples also may see the works you are doing; for no one who wants to be widely known acts in secret. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.” (For not even his brothers believed in him.) Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil. Go to the festival yourselves. I am not going to this festival, for my time has not yet fully come.” After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

But after his brothers had gone to the festival, then he also went, not publicly but as it were in secret. The Jews were looking for him at the festival and saying, “Where is he?” And there was considerable complaining about him among the crowds. While some were saying, “He is a good man,” others were saying, “No, he is deceiving the crowd.” Yet no one would speak openly about him for fear of the Jews. John 7:1-7

Time

There is never enough
and it's not the right time
yet love has wandered in
and will not be denied.

Those who would do harm
always gather when they see
a crowd bound together
a people full of radiant joy.

We will go up anyway
we will carry our hearts along
not hiding the hope kindled
not bending to evil's will.

There will be those who judge
those who will want to destroy
folks who don't understand us
who think we should be shunned.

Love has wandered in to stay
the doors will never be shut again
no walls can contain or keep it out
love is taking root among us.