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b'The coming of innocent baby Jesus can serve to remind us that compared to his innocence, there is darkness in each of us. Some of us are good at masking our addictions or our hidden bitternesses. Or, we have come to the conclusion that we are good people without any need for allegiance to any God. \\nI suggest that our culture is living this way\\u2014without any true allegiance. So, if that is you\\u2014you\\u2019re living and thinking just like everyone else. Let\\u2019s take a look at how this working out for us. \\nAccording to the National Alliance on Mental Illness\\nThe overall suicide rate has risen 31% since 2001. \\n31% Perspective: if 1000 people committed sucide in 2001, than 1,300 committed sucide in 2019.\\n17% of High School Students have SERIOUS thoughts about suicide.\\nSomething is wrong. \\nIt may be difficult to hear about this brokenness at Christmas\\u2014but, that is what Christmas is: Christmas is the celebration of God coming into our darkness with light, with hope, with mercy.'