What the World Needs.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said,
We thank thee, O God, for the spiritual nature of man.
We are in nature but we live above nature.
Help us never to let anybody or any condition pull us so low as to cause us to hate.
Give us strength to love our enemies and to do good to those who despitefully use us and persecute us.
We thank thee for thy Church, founded upon thy Word, that challenges us to do more than sing and pray, but go out and work as though the very answer to our prayers depended on us and not upon thee.
Then, finally, help us to realize that man was created to shine like stars and live on through all eternity.
Keep us, we pray, in perfect peace; help us to walk together, pray together, sing together, and live together until that day when all God’s children, Black, White, Red, and Yellow will rejoice in one common bond of humanity in the kingdom of our LORD and of our God, we pray. Amen.
I am a great admirer of the late doctor King. He in what was perhaps one of the most tumultuous times in American history was a voice of reason. Dr. Kings message of non-violence and love is what is needed in this day and age.
To quote Dr. King again,
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
Anne Frank a young Jewish girl who hid from the Nazi’s in the Netherlands during world war two knew what it was to be a victim of hate yet in her diary she wrote,
“Give of yourself, give as much as you can? And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness! If everyone were to do this and not be as mean with a kindly word, then there would be much more justice and love in the world. Give and you shall receive, much more than you would have ever thought possible. Give, give again and again, don’t lose courage, keep it up and go on giving! No one has ever become poor from giving!” Anne Frank.
We in this day and age need to be teaching our children that, because love and respect for our fellow human beings begins at birth.
In the first century C. E. the apostle Paul wrote a definition of love that I believe we all must instil in the hearts of our children and practice ourselves. He said,
Please think about it.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said,
We thank thee, O God, for the spiritual nature of man.
We are in nature but we live above nature.
Help us never to let anybody or any condition pull us so low as to cause us to hate.
Give us strength to love our enemies and to do good to those who despitefully use us and persecute us.
We thank thee for thy Church, founded upon thy Word, that challenges us to do more than sing and pray, but go out and work as though the very answer to our prayers depended on us and not upon thee.
Then, finally, help us to realize that man was created to shine like stars and live on through all eternity.
Keep us, we pray, in perfect peace; help us to walk together, pray together, sing together, and live together until that day when all God’s children, Black, White, Red, and Yellow will rejoice in one common bond of humanity in the kingdom of our LORD and of our God, we pray. Amen.
I am a great admirer of the late doctor King. He in what was perhaps one of the most tumultuous times in American history was a voice of reason. Dr. Kings message of non-violence and love is what is needed in this day and age.
To quote Dr. King again,
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
Anne Frank a young Jewish girl who hid from the Nazi’s in the Netherlands during world war two knew what it was to be a victim of hate yet in her diary she wrote,
“Give of yourself, give as much as you can? And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness! If everyone were to do this and not be as mean with a kindly word, then there would be much more justice and love in the world. Give and you shall receive, much more than you would have ever thought possible. Give, give again and again, don’t lose courage, keep it up and go on giving! No one has ever become poor from giving!” Anne Frank.
We in this day and age need to be teaching our children that, because love and respect for our fellow human beings begins at birth.
In the first century C. E. the apostle Paul wrote a definition of love that I believe we all must instil in the hearts of our children and practice ourselves. He said,
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy,
it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects,
always trusts,
always hopes,
always perseveres.
Love never fails....
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is love.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a,13.
This is what is needed today.Please think about it.
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