With the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King holiday my mind wonders to his legacy and to my own. Far be it from me to compare myself to someone with an impact as significant as Dr. King, but it is helpful to not idolize him and forget that we will leave a legacy ourselves. I think that is what the core of Dr. King’s dream was about; every person should do what he or she can to change the world. I appreciate the “Dream” and the “Dreamer”, but my God is still giving Dreams and He is still raising Dreamers.

It is interesting that as time moves away from an event or a person’s life the reality becomes blurrier than the memory. It’s apparent to me that in some ways we deify great men like Dr. King, and we make their lives almost unattainable. We forget that they were mere men with body odor, pain, pleasure, and everything that we experience. That means that our contributions to the world we live in can be just as, or potentially greater.

One of my favorite King quotes is, “I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.” This shows the resolve and insistence that we must all in our own way make a difference. That is the challenge of every person will our lives matter.

Will people talk about us years after our lives are no more? Will anyone consider naming a day after us? What will our legacies be? Will the world be a better place because we were here? Here is a truth, most people go through their lives oblivious, others will desire to make their lives matter, and a very rare few will long to make their lives matter for that which matters most! It is my dream to inspire others to live for what matters most! There is nothing that matters more to me than Jesus. He is the legacy I want to leave.