Tomorrow is Dr. Martin Luther King Day. It comes at a time of enormous significance preceding by one day the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. “I will ask for your service and your active citizenship when I am president of the United States,” Obama said.
Coretta Scott King wrote, "Dr. King once said that we all have to decide whether we "will walk in the light of creative altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. Life's most persistent and nagging question, he said, is `what are you doing for others?'" he would quote Mark 9:35, the scripture in which Jesus of Nazareth tells James and John "...whosoever will be great among you shall be your servant; and whosoever among you will be the first shall be the servant of all." And when Martin talked about the end of his mortal life in one of his last sermons, on February 4, 1968 in the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, even then he lifted up the value of service as the hallmark of a full life. "I'd like somebody to mention on that day Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to give his life serving others," he said. "I want you to say on that day, that I did try in my life...to love and serve humanity."
We are the only ones that can bring change to our communities. In my own personal life, I have grown the most and have found the most meaning to life when I am in the service of others. It humbles me and keeps my own issues and troubles in perspective. I have also been tremendously blessed when I have allowed others to help me in my time of need.
If you get a chance tomorrow, go out of your way to serve someone, however small it be seem to you, it will not be small to them.
Sammy
Coretta Scott King wrote, "Dr. King once said that we all have to decide whether we "will walk in the light of creative altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. Life's most persistent and nagging question, he said, is `what are you doing for others?'" he would quote Mark 9:35, the scripture in which Jesus of Nazareth tells James and John "...whosoever will be great among you shall be your servant; and whosoever among you will be the first shall be the servant of all." And when Martin talked about the end of his mortal life in one of his last sermons, on February 4, 1968 in the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, even then he lifted up the value of service as the hallmark of a full life. "I'd like somebody to mention on that day Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to give his life serving others," he said. "I want you to say on that day, that I did try in my life...to love and serve humanity."
We are the only ones that can bring change to our communities. In my own personal life, I have grown the most and have found the most meaning to life when I am in the service of others. It humbles me and keeps my own issues and troubles in perspective. I have also been tremendously blessed when I have allowed others to help me in my time of need.
If you get a chance tomorrow, go out of your way to serve someone, however small it be seem to you, it will not be small to them.
Sammy
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