Christmas is all about Santa and Martin Luther King was all about community service, right? NOT! Seems folks like to de-emphasize the true meaning of a holiday for one that's more comfortable.
Just as Christmas has it's founding in Jesus Christ and God's message of salvation, Martin Luther King Day is about equality and social justice. It's NOT about community service. It's not even about doing "good" deeds; it's about doing right deeds. It's about freedom and respect, not about cleaning up the streams, picking up litter or even volunteering with a child.
MKL Day is about honoring a man who stood up for what was right and non-violence. He asked for peace and brotherhood. He stood for true community in the body of Christ and in the nation.
His deeds were "speaking the truth in love" and advocating civil disobedience in the face of injustice to call attention to inequality and racism, hatred and bigotry.
In moving away from his message we will ignore it. Our acts of charity and social reform for the good of all men who were created equal are the actions that count and will remember the Reverend in the light he would have wished.
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