Martin Luther King Day

Thoughts on

Martin Luther King, Jr.

We are celebrating

Martin Luther King Day.

To some people in the U.S.
it just means a holiday from work.

For most people,

Martin Luther King means

more to us than a holiday from work.

Who was he?

What did he do?

There are lots of answers

to those two questions.

Below are some of my thoughts about him.

Martin Luther King stood up with courage

and challenged my country to:

Respect all people.

Treat people as Jesus taught us to treat people.

Choose nonviolence when solving problems.

When I think of Martin Luther King,

I realize that today we need his courage and

his voice of reason and nonviolence.

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Martin Luther King

reminded us

that

God made all races and loves all races.

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Martin Luther King Jr. challenged us to:

Dream dreams of a better future.

Be part of good change.

Treat all races with respect and equality.

Be dedicated to nonviolent change.

I hope my country will choose to hear his voice

afresh today.

Below is a prayer from

2017

that is updated for

This Year!

One January day,

 I was praying

and

these words

came out of my mouth:

Dear Lord,

I pray that the legacy of love and justice

that Martin Luther King Jr.

sought to share

will be used by you

to soothe and motivate

the

United States in 2019.

Amen

Beth