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Darkness Can Not Drive Out Darkness, By Martin Luther King Jr.
There are many horrific events that happen within our world, many things that can cause bitterness within your heart, and that can stir up prejudices against the initiators of these events. These events can make us throw our hands up at the sky with bewilderment and accusation of "where is God in all of these catastrophes?" when it feels as if we are left alone and cold in the chaos. Only with blankets of blame and hurt to clothe ourselves. IF you so allow these events to cause bitterness within ones heart. Martin Luther King JR. said it best, "darkness can not drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate can not drive out hate; only love can do that." In the wake of all the worlds tragedies, natural and man made, as we read the worlds
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