With all that is going on today in the news about racial discrimination, the riots and the injustices, I couldnt help think, What would Martin Luther say if he were here? I decided to ask him. From Strength to Love: ...One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying. A persistent schizophrenia leaves so many of us tragically divided against ourselves. On the one hand, we proudly profess certain sublime and noble principles, but on the other hand, we sadly practice the very antithesis of those principles. How often are our lives characterized by a high blood pressure of creeds and an anemia of deeds! We talk eloquently about our commitment to the principles of Christianity and yet our lives are saturated with the practices of paganism. We proclaim our devotion to democracy, but we sadly practice the very opposite of the democratic creed. We talk passionately about peace, and at the same time, we assiduously prepare for war. We make our fervent plea for the high road of justice, and then we tread unflinchingly on the low road of injustice. This strange dichotomy, this agonizing gulf between the ought and the is, represents the tragic theme of mans earthly pilgrimage. MLK
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 14:28:45 +0000
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