TINY RIPPLE OF HOPE

When I was a youngster my heroes were athletes such as Mickey Mantle or Johnny Bower. As a Christian my ultimate hero would of course be Jesus. Another hero of mine is Robert Kennedy, the younger brother of the assassinated John F. Kennedy.

A couple of years ago I filled in as an interim pastor at an Evangelical Covenant Church in Buffalo, NY. I have listened to my sermons online but the one that I felt was my best effort dealt briefly with the life of RFK.

For the next little while I am going to have a bit to say about RFK but I am going to start off with a quote from what is regarded as his most famous speech. It was delivered in Capetown, South Africa in 1966.

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

This has been an immense week of spiritual stress and emotional fatigue. This quote has set me back on course.