MLK In Our Hearts

There's a special place in our hearts for the man, Martin Luther King, Jr. The man who gave so much of himself to us.

MLK, as he has come to be known, was a man with big ideas. He spoke of mountain tops and valleys evoking messages of biblical proportions. His words rang through our souls.

There it is. Martin Luther King, Jr spoke words to enlighten humanity. He spoke of a timeless and tireless dream - words of inspiration.

On the grounds of the Nation's Capital rests a monument among many monuments to commemorate MLK, not so much to a man, but to the words. We shouldn't forget the words are more powerful than any man. Nearby is a similar monument to FDR. There again, a monument to the words.

The question is what makes the words and what brings forth such words from some one? Where did the words come from? Was it divine intervention?

As in MLK's time, there's a new day dawning around the globe. There is unrest and there are protests around the globe responding to imbalances of power and wealth. It's too bad MLK isn't here today to share his wisdom, to console the masses, to counsel in the doctrine of peace and resistance to tyranny and to help us find our way forward to become a better society.

It's sad that MLK is gone; that he had to go. Was it his destiny? Was it really his time to go? And why does he remain in our hearts with such splendor? Is it the man that we love and cherish, or the words?

The legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr lives today and forever not only because he was a great man, but because of the power of his words - words that will never grow stale, because the establishment never seems to learn the lessons of history - that money and power and greed are on the wrong side of history - that you can kill, but the words will live on forever.

Celebrate the words of MLK today and forever.