“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘what are you doing for others?’” (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) It is this Pastor’s desire and hope that out of Black History will come the sense of community and the knowledge that the living God is with us and it is He that has delivered us. Dr. King’s life and work as a national leader of the Civil Rights Movement was geared to improving the lot of all people—irrespective of race, creed, or heritage. He envisioned a world where we will all enjoy the blessings of freedom, hope and justice. Dr. King’s dream has not as yet been fully realized, however, we praise God for the great improvements that have been made. We are all aware of the significant contributions to our community made by Dr. King, but the question each of us must answer is this: “What am I doing for others”?
Dear Ones, we share a common destiny. God has richly blessed all of us. We need only to look where the Lord has brought us from. I must remind you that we are blessed to be a blessing. God gives to each of us according to our individual abilities. Having said that, we all have something to contribute to the betterment of our society. Please know this, you can have what you want, if you help others get what they want. There is still much to be done to address the helplessness, hopelessness and futility that is the breeding ground for Black on Black crime.
We will not find the answers to this country’s ills in the arena of politics, even with a black president, but the answers lie with the living God who is “among us”. Can you hear the Apostle Paul, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”? Let’s get busy.
Pastor J. Amos Jones
