What Is Your Dream?
By Min. Antonio Allen
(Min. Antonio is pursuing a Master of Theology degree at Campbellsville University. He anticipates graduating this May. He is the Youth Minister at Greater Galilee Baptist Church, Louisville, KY., where Rev. Dr. Eric Johnson is Pastor. Min. Antonio has been preaching since 2007. He was one of several students to preach at CU Chapel services in observance of Martin Luther King Holiday)
Harriet Tubman, the former slave and great African-American abolitionist who helped to free many others during her lifetime once said this, “every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” I like that quote because to me that describes the life of the late great poet, prophet, and preacher Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was a dreamer who desired to change the world.
It was on August 28, 1963, 50 years ago this year, that King shared his dream with the world. On the footsteps of the Lincoln Memorial, as King was in the middle of giving a speech to those who had come to Washington to share their frustrations, King sensed that his audience was becoming bored and restless. His speech wasn’t resonating like he wanted and the people weren’t responding to what he was saying. So, he shifted his speech and began to talk prophetically about a dream that God had deposited into his sprit; King began to deliver perhaps the greatest speech of all time:
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. (More)
(Min. Antonio is pursuing a Master of Theology degree at Campbellsville University. He anticipates graduating this May. He is the Youth Minister at Greater Galilee Baptist Church, Louisville, KY., where Rev. Dr. Eric Johnson is Pastor. Min. Antonio has been preaching since 2007. He was one of several students to preach at CU Chapel services in observance of Martin Luther King Holiday)Harriet Tubman, the former slave and great African-American abolitionist who helped to free many others during her lifetime once said this, “every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” I like that quote because to me that describes the life of the late great poet, prophet, and preacher Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was a dreamer who desired to change the world.
It was on August 28, 1963, 50 years ago this year, that King shared his dream with the world. On the footsteps of the Lincoln Memorial, as King was in the middle of giving a speech to those who had come to Washington to share their frustrations, King sensed that his audience was becoming bored and restless. His speech wasn’t resonating like he wanted and the people weren’t responding to what he was saying. So, he shifted his speech and began to talk prophetically about a dream that God had deposited into his sprit; King began to deliver perhaps the greatest speech of all time:
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. (More)
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