It’s another day of cold darkness with teary-rain weather in many places.  It’s another day of darkness and teary-memories as many remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, the third Monday in the month of January.   But instead of his murder being a sign that things must change, racial slurs, hatred of “the other”, and violence continue.   

And God weeps.

Weeping God,
how you must ache
for your people who face uncertain futures.

How you must ache
for those who enter into conversations and political debate with open hearts and minds only to find threats,  harassment, and fear leading the discussions and governing decisions.

How you must ache
for those whose love of power, love of money and love of self, supersedes commitment to honesty, mercy, compassion, justice and integrity.

Some cry … “How long O Lord, how long?
Some whisper … “Let this cup be taken from us.”
Some try to remember … the presence of the Holy One even “in the valley of the shadow of death.”

Many feel a kaleidoscopic tumbling of emotions and know not what to do, how to pray, what to say.   
And as they weep, the Creator weeps.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day once said:
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

May you continue to rest in peace Martin Luther King Jr, and may your life, witness, and words be a signpost of hope that a day will come when love will drive out  hate.  Let’s continue to show love … in waves of peaceful protest, steadfast focus on democratic principles, and actions of love – big and small – in our communities, families, and ourselves.  Let’s be the light and love that will drive out the darkness.

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© June Maffin
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