Something To Talk About

One-sided conversations can be awkward. It seems to me, a conversation is a conversation only when there's at least two participants.  Zechariah, Jewish priest and father of John, is often overlooked in the Christmas story. Bless him, he questioned the angel's message that his wife would conceive which led to months of being unable to speak. He finally gets his voice back - yay - and he finally has a child (an heir) to hold; so much to talk about! All he can speak of, however, is Jesus Messiah! "Blessed be The Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us." (Luke 1:68-69). There will be lots of conversation - chatter, babbling and such - these coming days. I wonder how much will be spoken of God's Great Salvation of which the birth of Jesus was part. Zechariah held nothing back: he made clear Jesus represented "the tender mercy of our God whereby The Sunrise shall visit us from on high to give Light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of Peace." (V.78-79). Now, that's something to talk about!