Rev Bill

If I can help somebody as I pass along, If I can cheer somebody with a word or song, If I can show somebody he’s traveling wrong, Then my living will not be in vain. If I can do my duty as a Christian ought, If I can bring salvation to a world once wrought, If I can spread the message as the master taught, Then my living will not be in vain. Yes, Jesus, I want to be on your right or your left side, (Yes) not for any selfish reason. I want to be on your right or your left side, not in terms of some political kingdom or ambition. But I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world.

These are the words of a brave man, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was not perfect — but he worked for justice and to give rights and liberties to all people.

I pray that — in some way — I can take the quote and try to live by it. Living in “love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world” is not a racial issue — it’s a Christian issue!

Here is a link to a post I made last year about my Dad, his history with the Civil Rights movement, and how my opinion of Dr. King has changed over the years.

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