January 18, 2021 in Devotions
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day may we embrace nonviolence and love. Set aside hateful speech and actions. Live in the love that God has shown you.
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.” –Martin Luther King, Jr., “Loving Your Enemies,” Strength to Love
“Non-violence is a good starting point. Those of us who believe in this method can be voices of reason, sanity and understanding amid the voices of violence, hatred and emotion. We can very well set a mood of peace out of which a system of peace can be built. Racial injustice around the world. Poverty. War. When man solves these three great problems he will have squared his moral progress with his scientific progress. And more importantly, he will have learned the practical art of living in harmony.” –Martin Luther King, Jr., “Dreams of Brighter Tomorrows,” Ebony Magazine, March 1965