Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
Not
exactly doctrinally correct but still a worthy reflection on a historical
moment, a person who shook the corridors of power, and one who is indeed a hero
to many.
I'm
sure he knew he was making history but I wonder if he knew to what extent? King
is another person that I'm sort of in awe of when I consider how much he had
done before his death at 39. When you're a teenager or even in your twenties
you don't realize how young that is. And then when you're in your forties, you
marvel when you see the posture of conviction of many historical figures and
how much they had on their shoulders while still so young.
Greatness
is a term used by the world and one that we as Christians would view in
somewhat different terms. Despite that it does in some sense apply even to
figures like King, flaws and all.
