Every Christmas our house receives a lot of cleverly crafted and well-put together Christmas cards from our friends/neighbors and their roommates. Our house has skipped over the Christmas card fad for the past couple years and elected to send out the elusive Martin Luther King Jr. Day card. I mean, how often do you get a card to celebrate the wonderful work of the ol' baptist minster Dr. King and his wonderful ministry that fought for justice and equal rights for all. Here are some of the shots from the MLK photo shoot:
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| Team pic |
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| gettin coached up |
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| lob city... |
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| vintage ballin' |
On a more serious note:
We so often forget that Dr. King's work was fueled by his passion to see the desires of Jesus fulfilled on earth. One famous quote from the March on Washington speech, "But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" comes from the bible in the Old Testament, Amos 5:24. Everything he was and did came from God working through him. So much so that he was eventually martyred for it. Imagine the things we can do with faith and courage like Martin Luther King Jr.
How am I called to administer justice in the way Jesus and so many Saints did? How do I pursue God's desires and stand up for the Kingdom in a broken world?
Some things to think about on a weekend to celebrate one of the greatest Christian leaders in American history.
Such a great post. It seems that a lot of the time (especially among our generation) Martin Luther King Jr. is chalked up as just a great man or someone who fought for equal rights. While those are both very true, he really did do the work of the Lord and had the Holy Spirit working through him in a big way. A great picture and reminder of what can happen when we allow ourselves to be open to the Spirit and His work.
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