Wednesday, January 21, 2015

With Love, Not with Hate – v2

Righting injustices, speaking,
standing up when opportunity calls;
doing what is right
with love, not with hate
this we honor, on this day
the man, the dream, the cause
what he fought for

Acting as the Christ did as He,
Healing the sick on the sabbath;
marching in the face of injunctions
understanding the wrath of power;
doing the right thing, anyway
standing up for justice, for equality,
no matter the cost to them

Doing the right,
bearing witness to Christ;
lovingly, shining the light
hope into the darkness
healing the breach caused by man
going a servant, bearing the cross
doing all that he could


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edited January 21, 2015
With Love, Not with Hate – v2

January 19, 2010
With Love, Not with Hate
edited January 21, 2015
By Love, not by Hate – v2
January 18, 2010
By Love, not by Hate
Alive Now Daily Reflections
for January 18, 2010 to January 24, 2010
by Nancy Fergusons (You can visit her website at www.BlueTreeResources.org)
for January 18, 2010, on Martin Luther King, Jr.

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