During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me." (Exodus 12:31, 32, NIV)
Today, a day is celebrated for Martin Luther King, one of the most important leaders of the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960’s. As I write, I am also hearing his speech, “I have a dream”. (This is a challenge!) How he uses history, how he uses many techniques to display his message better! But that’s not important; he had a dream: everyone would be together in this Earth, as a whole family. Even after death, his dream lives on to the future.
Can we consider that many of the changes in society during this time and space affect the world? In a sense, yes, they did! Today, minorities have a greater call on politics, even the defining votes! The voice of African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, and others who live in America is now being heard fairly, echoing –if the least- King’s dream of a people together in peace and grace. Unfortunately, as much as America is finally showing fairness to everyone, there is also a window for injustice and lewdness. King’s ideals have been tried to be silenced, but –thank God- it failed.
There is still hope in all of this madness. The dream of an Exodus keeps pressing onwards. King’s dream is not another plain glimpse of Heaven, but a just cause for excellence. The time is now for us to show the same ideals that King did to everyone. I dare use this without a startling remark of shortcomings, because I know that God will head me into His grace.
I draw Exodus, not because of the reference in Negro spirituals and songs, but it is the simple reminder that God even lets His people be imprisoned, and then He would use a vessel to liberate them. I guess, MLK Day is a reminder of our rights as minorities, but more, as a reminder of hope in a new world.
Today, a day is celebrated for Martin Luther King, one of the most important leaders of the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960’s. As I write, I am also hearing his speech, “I have a dream”. (This is a challenge!) How he uses history, how he uses many techniques to display his message better! But that’s not important; he had a dream: everyone would be together in this Earth, as a whole family. Even after death, his dream lives on to the future.
Can we consider that many of the changes in society during this time and space affect the world? In a sense, yes, they did! Today, minorities have a greater call on politics, even the defining votes! The voice of African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, and others who live in America is now being heard fairly, echoing –if the least- King’s dream of a people together in peace and grace. Unfortunately, as much as America is finally showing fairness to everyone, there is also a window for injustice and lewdness. King’s ideals have been tried to be silenced, but –thank God- it failed.
There is still hope in all of this madness. The dream of an Exodus keeps pressing onwards. King’s dream is not another plain glimpse of Heaven, but a just cause for excellence. The time is now for us to show the same ideals that King did to everyone. I dare use this without a startling remark of shortcomings, because I know that God will head me into His grace.
I draw Exodus, not because of the reference in Negro spirituals and songs, but it is the simple reminder that God even lets His people be imprisoned, and then He would use a vessel to liberate them. I guess, MLK Day is a reminder of our rights as minorities, but more, as a reminder of hope in a new world.
