The Time Isn't Right

Well, why hasn't it happened yet?
Because the time isn't right.

Why haven't these people come together?
Because the time isn't right.

Any number of things
because the time isn't right.

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Faith has always been self-centered.
The time has come for a social gospel.

People need to believe
that their lives mean something

to other people, too,
not just to themselves.

There is no such thing as a life
that does not affect any other life.

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Charity can't be found in my dictionary.
People are worth my time if they allow it.

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The time isn't right,
but that doesn't mean it won't be.