Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day – Over the weekend, I took the opportunity to hit the web and read the inspiring words of Dr. Martin Luther King http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/38.htm . The words are as inspiring today as they were in 1963. In the summary of Dr. King’s message are the words “….when all of God's children - black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics - will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” These words are reminiscent of the words of Saint Paul, who was describing the spiritual freedom we have in the salvation that Christ offers to each one of regardless of ethnicity, sex or social status. To the Galatians he writes:
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 NIV . Christ set the example for us when he offered salvation for all men & women. Work still needs to be done, to ensure all people of our society are treated equally and we each own a part in making it happen.
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