Hope in them

A befitting praise!

67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,

because he has come to his people and redeemed them.

69 He has raised up a horn[a] of salvation for us

in the house of his servant David

70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),

71 salvation from our enemies

and from the hand of all who hate us—

72 to show mercy to our ancestors

and to remember his holy covenant,

73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:

74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,

and to enable us to serve him without fear

75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;

for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,

77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation

through the forgiveness of their sins,

78 because of the tender mercy of our God,

by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven

79 to shine on those living in darkness

and in the shadow of death,

to guide our feet into the path of peace.”-Luke1:67-79

Every child born brings with him/her hope in this world. Perhaps newborn babies are much better than the present generation. Perhaps these babies will make better decisions for the good of all and not only for the good of only a few. Of course, when one sides with Good, the 'Bad' ones or those whose interests will be reduced will definitely put up a good fight. Usually the bad ones say, "We are doing what is for the general good of all." or "We have the right to this or that." Unfortunately, they fail to see that they are only championing their interests or the interests of a few even if it is so wrong, or the interests of the devil itself beautifully packaged in a box sometimes called Human Rights.

Jesus and John the Baptist continue to show us the way up to this time and in many more years to come. Despite mankind's refusal to listen nowadays, Jesus and John continue in believing that eventually we would respond and come home to God.

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