Comments on: thank you Rev. King

By: Lorin

Lorin — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:22:15 +0000

and that, folks, is my wonderful mother.

mom, i am so blessed to have incarnated as your daughter. thank you for being who you are, and raising me to be who i am. i love you.

By: MOM

MOM — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:47:03 +0000

It saddens me tremendously to think of that day. Dad and I were in Selma (another hotbed of unrest) and had gone to the Officer's club. There was a Colonel's wife there spouting off about how proud she was to be from the city who kills "......." well I can't even type the vile word she used. I got physically ill to meet face to face with someone who could have such evil thoughts, much less express them verbally. I vowed at that time to teach my children to treat people with kindness on a one by one basis. One person cannot change attitudes on a global basis, but when we can be kind and openminded with each person we meet..then that will make a difference, maybe sooner than later. One never knows how a kindness toward another person shown will be passed forward to the next. And pray fervently for changes in the world.

By: Victor John

Victor John — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:30:26 +0000

Dr. King, is one of my heroes. I think its because he loved God and his neighbor more than he loved himself and his own life. There isn't a week that goes by that I don't wonder if I love Jesus like Dr. King did? If I would be willing to follow my Savior's true example and lay down my life if if were required of me... to resist the evil in this world not with more hate and violence, but with love and selflessness.

Am I a real believer? I know Dr. King was, and is, as he now sees his maker face to face.

Oh man, I made myself cry. This happens often when thinking of MLK or Mother Theresa, Henri Nouwen, of Thomas Merton... or Justin Martyr, Origen, or their pattern Jesus himself. I hope that one day I shall not be ashamed to stand in their company.

By: arline

arline — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:22:20 +0000

I have been crying for this beautiful man a lot this morning. His words and his heart mean so much. If we practice even a little bit of what he was trying to convey, think how much peace there would be.

It is very sad that today in 2007 we have so much hate in our world and in our country. It is so evident here in Memphis with the extreme racial tension, and belief in separateness.

More tears.

I am with you on the killing thing. I wonder how anyone can think that violence is a justifiable means, it's not, and it never will be.

One thing we can all do, is to stop with the violence we inflict upon ourselves in countless ways. Everything starts inside each of us, and when we can stop hating ourselves, then we can truly love.

Love heals, that is certain, and I am all for bringing more of it into this world.