Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Hope Dealer, ala Jesus & Saint Paul
The Jewish Carpenter from Nazareth, Jesus, was
explicit when he said the most important things are to love God and to love each
other.
The exemplar of love goes on to
say that we will be identified and known as His, (think, followers of The Way,
followers of Jesus, CHRISTIANS), by our love. The one-time assassinator of
Christians turned staunch Jesus advocate, Saint Paul, adds to that message with
his direction to focus on what is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent
& praiseworthy. Saint Paul encouraged us to celebrate the goodness of our
uniqueness. He implored us to allow
these individual specialties to unite us through commonality resulting in a
better whole and not seeing differences as negatives that divide.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. followed in those same footsteps
of the Hope Dealers Jesus and Paul that preceded him, using their foundational
words and actions to do his part to significantly impact his world in his
time. He echoed the God-man and the
saints in his desire for mutual love and respect among people, in his desire
for a world in which “little black boys and black girls will be able to join
hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”
May we see each other as intended, as unique,
loved and special, as those made in the image of the artist that created the
universe. As we celebrate this special
day in which we remember the Hope Dealer Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., let us not
only hear but employ his words of freedom, justice and love.
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