I Have a Dream!

Do you have a dream, has God placed something special in your heart, a special calling on your life?

Today my family and I toured downtown Atlanta to learn more about Martin Luther King Jr. and his life as well as many other leaders in the civil rights movement. My daughter is home schooled and studied Georgia History and a special section on the history of the Civil Rights. It is not a fun thing to learn about the suffering of others. So many died for the cost of freedom today. It is so hard to absorb the evil and hatred displayed by so many. It was the way they were raised. They were deceived thinking since they were such good people (some naming the name of Christ) yet showing such hatred to others. What an eye opener. Made me take a look at myself today. How am I or am I not showing love?

I don't know about your family but my family when in tight quarters, lost on the road on a half country road trip with a teenager and a preschooler; things can get out of hand really fast. Add on top of that a mama who has an injured foot during that time of the month and a jobless dad. The dumbest things can try and get us off track. What happens to the love?

We visited several places in Atlanta and stayed with family, our poor family. One of the places we visited was Stone Mountain. What a beautiful place. God makes such awesome things. I became so involved in the beauty of the earth that I dropped to my knees also tearing my ankle to pieces and coming face to face with beautiful granite. Let me first say I had come to a complete stop before taking a one foot drop and was very aware of the drop and even stepping carefully I still lost my footing and suffered a very painful injury.

I was embarrassed, carried away by men on stretcher, hauled upside down to the bottom of the mountain in the back of a police expedition rescue truck. My husband and I had to leave my cousin-in-law with our 2 kids and her 2 babies to walk to the end of the mountain alone. Meanwhile a cable taxi at the top of the mountain safely carried a group of people to the bottom.

We could of been in that group but we chose to take a risk. We wanted to save some money but ended up spending over triple what it would have cost for the whole family to ride down safely. We had to see a doctor and pay for x-rays. We lost valuable time and caused a series of stress for our fellow family.

Not to mention the trip there should have taken 6 hours but actually took closer to 10. We left the sippy cup and still had to make several "I gotta go potty" stops. By day 4 in Atlanta my husband just lost it. I lost it and I thought "okay and I have another 10 days with these people, lets just turn around and go home."

Now this, this is the topper. Following my inspirational journey through Martin Luther's life of love. We were traveling down his old neighborhood trying to find his home so we could take a picture. Unfortunately a local commuter was brainlessly traveling through the historic district when they were in a hurry and we were in their way!
So they were beeping the horn continuasly and rearing at our car. As we approached the busy traffic signal I reached over while my husband was driving the car and honked the horn back at the other driver for him. I also proceeded to yell and wave out the window "Love you too, that's the spirit, pass the legacy of love on you mean person you!" Then my preschooler continued to repeat everything I said word for word over and over as I steamed listening to the double echo. My husband said that was great, sarcastically, as if he had never said anything out of anger. I began to justify myself in self defense. "Do we get mad when people stop to see alligators on swamp drive, NO, we drive around them!"

So I never know when God is going to show up, but He did today and in a big way compliments of my stupidity.

The moral of this true story, don't get so caught up in the learning that you forget about the doing. The knowledge of love is one thing but the expression of it is another.-Heather Vecera

And now I want to share with you some of my favorite quotes of MLK Jr.


Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The time is always right to do what is right.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

AND a 1:16 prophetic speech the day before he was killed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0FiCxZKuv8

I close with an awesome music video by U2-Pride with scenes of Martin Luther King Jr.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56mjwycKuXA

I know this is not my typical scripture and worship blog, but today what will you do in the name LOVE, in the name of Jesus Christ, the Greatest Love of All?

Dreaming Big of Freedom to Love today!