MLK Jr. Day 2010
January 17th, 2010 · Posted in Current Affairs, Reflections · 0 Comments
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 none of us are. Dr. King worked for justice and to give rights and liberties to all people — a goal that is a part of God’s will for all people. He was indeed a Godly man and a brave man at that.
I pray that — in some way — I can take Dr. King’s quote I have given above and 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 a few years ago 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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