I Have a Dream

I have a dream: that all nations, kindreds, tongues and peples are at peace with each other and with themselves; that all nations, kindreds, tongues and peoples are at peace with their Creator and that perfect accord and harmony reigns within families, nations, and between all races of mankind; that the one blood of which we are all partakers is recognized as that one thing which ties us all together; that the blood of humanity ties God and mankind together in an indissoluable union. I have a dream: that all humankind will one day join in bowing before Creator-Sustainer in praise, worship and awe; that all, finally and completely reconciled will know that love is His only coersion, His only power against that most stubborn of all foes, the human heart; that every heart yielded to that ever-drawing love will finally respond with joyous resonating chords of joy. I have a dream: that, ages hence, all will know that their path has continuously been directed toward Him who is love; that wanderers and rebels all, their imost desires, their deepest, their ultimate need was for Him whose love constantly shepherded their steps through the darkest of nights, the deepest of sins, the most violent of their rebellions, the farthest of wanderings. I have a dream and know it to be reality, for it is Your dream, planted in our hearts and spirits, which You nourish by Your Spirit and Your word and which You fan into a white-hot blaze of loving admiration. 3.2.14