Positive Daily Inspiration - January 15, 2024
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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“When the complete comes, the partial will come to an end.”
1 Corinthians 13:10
Once, in Washington DC, I visited the memorial to this great man, Martin Luther King, Jr. I also toured the new Smithsonian African-American Museum. It has to be one of the great museums of the world.
I grew up in Washington DC.
My parents were in the famous walk on Washington in 1963 and were at the Lincoln Memorial for the “I Have a Dream” speech.
We must come together as brothers and sisters, all races, and all nations, it is the only way for peace.
Jesus constantly associated with people that he was criticized for associating with by the narrow minds that surrounded him. He was born into a prejudiced world and yet He came with a message of all-inclusiveness. It was one of the main messages of Jesus that is rarely taught. The Bible was filled with truth about how we are ALL equal in the eyes of God.
We must become a people that follow God, to realize fully Martin Luther King’s dream in THIS lifetime. This dream is too great to be put off or delayed. We must have courage, like the followers of Martin Luther King Jr. had courage, to go beyond the borders of our own small worlds, to have true love and concern for others different than ourselves.
The more we associate with people that are different from us, the more we find that we have more in common than what would separate us.
I believe it is God’s dream for humankind to love all people as themselves. I believe it is God’s dream for humankind to love people in other churches as much as in their own congregations. I believe it is God’s dream for us to accept all men and women as accepted members in our own elite friendships.
Humankind is evolving spiritually. Not everyone has had the blessing of being raised in a family structure that is all-inclusive to others. For those that were taught to dislike or even hate others as children, through prayer, they can rise higher than the misguided teachings of their past.
The world is a small place and we must not be silent as individuals or as a society, we must learn from the mistakes of silence in the past, and realize the power of the positive voice speaking against injustice and wrong.
Martin Luther King followed Jesus and the example of Gandhi. He changed the world through nonviolent action, and this day, all of us at Positive Christianity salute his noble and ongoing work.
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POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:
Take my hand, Precious Lord,
Lead me on, let me stand.
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn.
Through the storm, through the night,
Lead me on to the light.
Take my hand, Precious Lord, lead me home.
When my way grows drear,
Precious Lord, linger near
When my life is almost gone.
Hear my cry, hear my call,
Hold my hand, lest I fall.
Take my hand, Precious Lord, lead me home.
When the darkness appears
And the night draws near
And the day is past and gone,
At the river I stand,
Guide my feet, hold my hand.
Take my hand, Precious Lord, lead me home.
(Thomas A Dorsey – “Precious Lord” was Martin Luther King Junior’s favorite hymn)
POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:
I have a dream today to become a better person than I was yesterday.
POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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