What I've been reading:

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My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. by Coretta Scott King (An intimate look at Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement through they eyes of his widow, Coretta Scott King)

I was hooked from the beginning. In the first chapter Mrs. King talks about a favorite sermon her husband used to preach (he was a minister before he was a leader of the Movement). The sermon was based on a passage in Revelations about the New Jerusalem descending out of heaven, its length, breadth, and height being equal (Rev 21:6). The city, Dr. King preached, was complete in all its dimensions whereas the troubles of this world were due to incompleteness. 

Each dimension--length, breadth, height--represents a dimension of our lives. The first dimension of a complete life, according to Dr. King, is the development of the self and the fulfillment of one's purpose. That is the length of a person's life. 

The second dimension is the concern and care of our fellow man. Reaching out. Brotherly love. That is the breadth of life. 

And the third dimension is "the upward reach," the search for God, the seeking of Him. That is the height of life. 

I found his words to be so beautiful and true. We have a tendency to seek happiness and we try to find it by such shallow methods. What we should be seeking is wholeness, and how can you be whole when a dimension of your life is either coming up short or missing entirely?

I hope you are as inspired and encouraged by it as I was.

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