Dec 27th, 2021: Are You looking Forward to 2022?

 


What are we looking forward to in 2022 as we prepare to welcome it into it our lives? One of my brothers wrote to the rest of the family the earlier last week and said: "Let us hope that it will not be 2020 too." There is a tad of cynicism in that statement. We all hoped for a better 2021, and it didn't turn out to be that way in terms of COVID 19.


Are we more tolerant? For some people, that might be what they think. Others might say we just become more indifferent. Being gracious is not the same as being tolerant. When we exercise tolerance towards others, it doesn't mean that we care about them and embrace them.


Are we more understanding? It depends on the topic of discussion. We might have abused the need to be understood our struggles with the demands for our rights and privileges. More and more people are now asking for privileges and compensation than ever before.


Are we more capable with our human intelligence? There is no doubt that we have made many significant advancements in scientific discoveries. The struggle we have is our moral awareness has been playing catch up with it. Capabilities without a clear sense of morality are not always helping us build a safe and fair society. It is not really progressing.


Let us take time and think about what we hope and pray for in 2022.


"Certainly the faithful love of the Lord hasn’t ended; certainly God’s compassion isn’t through! They are renewed every morning. Great is your faithfulness." — Lamentations 3:22-23

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