MIRROR

Today, January 19th, America remembers the life and works of Martin Luther King Jr, while the Philippines culminated Pope Francis' 5-day papal visit. 

I am neither American nor Catholic, but I want to honor them by reposting these quotes from these two men - men whose life, words and works exemplify the Imago Dei. 

And then I kneel in prayer for all of us, who call ourselves Christians and vehemently declare to be followers of Christ, to begin to truly look within ourselves and ask "do we bear the IMAGE OF GOD in our lives, our words and our work?" 1Peter 2:1 says strip ourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Even if it is a mere speck, just a hint of these things in ourselves, we must rid ourselves of them. I pray that we will not find ourselves shooting these deadly arrows at another brother or sister in the Lord, and fall into the blasphemous sin of defaming others (because we defame the Image of God in them). James 4:11 reminds us, "Do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgement on it, There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, who is able to save and to destroy. But you - you do not have the right to judge a brother and sister in Christ." Fellow believers, I pray that we will be zealous in only one thing - to genuinely glorify God through our life, words and actions that we too may be a deserving representations of the Image of God in us. 

Thank you MLK and Pope Francis for reminding us of this.