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A Psalm for Martin Luther King Day Options
DimTim
Posted: Monday, January 16, 2012 3:44:36 AM

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Ray41
Posted: Monday, January 16, 2012 4:41:17 AM

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Thank you for the link Dim Tin.
Martin Luther King was one of the people who accomplished so much for the Afro-American, and unfortunately, like so many trying to improve the lives of others, lost his own.
Some people do not bother with links Dim Tin so I hope that you do not mind my posting the Psalm and the picture in the link.

It is fitting to note that Mahatma Gandhi is displayed in the photo on the wall.

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Psalms 15
Lord, who can be trusted with power,
and who may act in your place?
Those with a passion for justice,
who speak the truth from their hearts;
who have let go of selfish interests
and grown beyond their own lives;
who see the wretched as their family
and the poor as their flesh and blood.
They alone are impartial
and worthy of the people's trust.
Their compassion lights up the whole earth,
and their kindness endures forever.




RULES ARE FOR THE OBEYENCE OF FOOLS AND FOR THE GUIDENCE OF WISE MEN
DimTim
Posted: Monday, January 16, 2012 5:32:50 AM

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Ray41:

Thanks for re-posting; i am still a newbie, so didn't occur to me that I need to paste the image with the text.

ClubFavolosa
Posted: Monday, January 16, 2012 8:14:25 AM

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U2 honors him in at least two songs. Of course the famous Pride (in the name of love, but the much less famous 'MLK' as well. Perhaps '40' (based on Psalm 40 - 'How long to sing this song? -

Give a man a fish you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime - Chinese proverb
excaelis
Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 9:28:22 PM

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So, to summarise : To mark MLK Day there is nothing from Farlex, and the only thread dedicated to it was started by a poster in India and contributed to by exactly ZERO posters from the U.S.

The Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.
Letter from Birmingham Jail, Alabama, 16 April 1963

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.
Washington, 28 August 1963

MLK - I Have A Dream

If you've never listened to it all the way through I would urge you to do so as I and my son did on Monday.

Dr.King walks with the Angels.



Sanity is not statistical
RubyMoon
Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:13:10 AM
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HWNN1961
Posted: Saturday, February 18, 2012 5:20:12 AM

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Ex...that was well said.


MLK was my brother. I may have a lighter skin, he may be from another mother, he's the best of me nonetheless.

"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong". (Knight's Oath, Kingdom of Heaven)
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