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The world is LOUD!

Evil is loud. Hatred is loud.

You don't really need someone to tell you this, becuase loud things don't need to be pointed out.

You don’t need me to tell you the world is a dangerous place.

Terrorism is plenty loud enough. Murder and violence does not need to be pointed out.
You don’t need me to tell you that relationships are difficult and marriages are at risk of failure.

This world’s back stabbing ways amongst friends is deafeningly loud. I don’t need to read you statistics on divorce.
You don’t need me to tell you that you have a problem within you.

Your fears are plenty loud. Your lack of peace is screaming. You have tried to do better only to fail, and maybe no one else sees it, but you definitely hear the gigantic THUD of your failed life change.
Loud things don’t need to be pointed out.

But there is something about Hope. Hope is not loud. Hope speaks with a calm peaceful voice. Hope can easily be overlooked in the growing crescendo of a loud world. Hope needs to be pointed to us.

2000 years ago Hope spoke up when Christ was born. This hope still speaks today. This Christmas let's point it out to this loud world.