| Posted on: Mon 1/16/2006 |
Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King. Let us not forget the timeless words he left us with. RAINation encourages everyone to view Dr.MLK's entire speech on www.okayplayer.com. THESE THINGS ARE STILL GOING ON TODAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD!!!! MANIFEST DESTINY IS UGLY!! A wise man once said, "If we don't stand for something, we are gonna fall for it all."
As if the weight of such a commitment to the life and health of America were not enough, another burden of responsibility was placed upon me in 1964; and I cannot forget that the Nobel Prize for Peace was also a commission -- a commission to work harder than I had ever worked before for "the brotherhood of man." This is a calling that takes me beyond national allegiances, but even if it were not present I would yet have to live with the meaning of my commitment to the ministry of Jesus Christ. To me the relationship of this ministry to the making of peace is so obvious that I sometimes marvel at those who ask me why I am speaking against the war. Could it be that they do not know that the good news was meant for all men -- for Communist and capitalist, for their children and ours, for black and for white, for revolutionary and conservative? Have they forgotten that my ministry is in obedience to the one who loved his enemies so fully that he died for them? What then can I say to the "Vietcong" or to Castro or to Mao as a faithful minister of this one? Can I threaten them with death or must I not share with them my life?
Speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City
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