Not a large man physically but a man who has thrown a large shadow across all of us. Who would have thought that the Pastor of a ordinary Baptist Church of black folks should do something so extraordinary as to force the whole American culture to take a hard look at herself. And, with Dr. King's urging, not like what she saw. He had a dream! A dream deeply rooted in the New Testament and in the life of Jesus. Jesus was God's dream of how life should be lived and how people should love and serve one another. From his youth, Dr. King's life was immersed in studying and preaching and living the "Jesus lifestyle." If Jesus said it, then it must be true!
As Jesus lived out his own words, He proved it to be true! " This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another." (1 John 3:11 NIV) If you believe it, prove it. "If anyone says, 'I love God' yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen." (1 John 4:20 NIV) Prove it. "Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth." (1 John 3:18 NIV) Prove it. Actually a good exercise to celebrate the birth of Martin Luther King Jr. would be to read through 1 John 1-5.
It is still a troublesome fact that after all these years the most segregated hour in American society is Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Many of us need to consider the Kennedy challenge again: "some people see things as they are and ask 'Why?'; others see things as they ought to be and ask 'Why not?'
All of us need "a dream." There is yet too little being done about poverty, racism, war, abuse of children and aged, and the abuse of power. What is your dream? Go with it!
"So many paths to success lead to "dead-ends", Dear Lord; save us from wasting
time by going down those old mistakes. Amen"
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