Dr. Alveda King, that is, niece of Martin Luther King, Jr.
"If financial pressures cause us to stop loving our neighbors, to think only of ourselves, we have lost much more than money," added Dr. King. "If we stop giving to charity, cease donating our time to help others, or, in the extreme, abort a baby for financial reasons, we literally sacrifice the eternal for the temporary."
"Ultimately, what bring us the greatest rewards or the worst scars are the choices we make that have spiritual consequences," said Dr. King. "In the end, we don't look back at our lives and think of refinanced mortgages or stock trades, but of those we loved. Let us trust God and love Him by loving others in good times and bad. As my uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, 'The time is always right to do what is right'."
Notice God's unutterable waste of saints, according to the judgment of the world. God plants His saints in the most useless places. We say - God intends me to be here because I am so useful. Jesus never estimated His life along the line of the greatest use. God puts His saints where they will glorify Him, and we are no judges at all of where that is. ~Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest, August 10
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In line with Dr. King's last sentence, my husband has taught all of our children the following: It's never bad to be good. This was usually spoken when one of our children was called a "goody two-shoes". I pray that during these tough times, we remember that in God we have victory.
I am afraid that the total opposite is going to happen because of the moral decay that is so prevalent in society already.
I do hope that cleanses me as a person and christian and I come out the stronger and better for it.
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