{"id":11393,"date":"2023-01-01T18:04:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T18:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=11393"},"modified":"2023-01-01T18:04:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T18:04:09","slug":"renewed-hope-change-of-hearts-and-hard-work-should-be-our-recipe-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/01\/renewed-hope-change-of-hearts-and-hard-work-should-be-our-recipe-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>RENEWED HOPE, CHANGE OF HEARTS AND HARD WORK SHOULD BE OUR RECIPE IN 2023<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New Year is here. South Sudanese can look forth towards it for the good things they had all along wished for. Year 2022 had been one of the worst in the lifelong difficult times the Africa\u2019s latest nation had been through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With every New Year, comes a renewed hope. Let our optimism and aspirations in the New Year not be in vain. As countrymen and women, our expectations for peace and prosperity need to be doubled with unpretentious devotions to the Almighty Father, accompanied by hard work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this country, we indeed can no longer afford to live on hopes alone. With the current volatile government system in place, South Sudanese are like children who live like orphans while their parents\u2019 go merrymaking in neglect of their own kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The years since 2013 up to 2022 certainly are years to forget; albeit imprinted in our minds due to level of atrocities and neglects that point to the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As in the words of Archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of Juba, Stephen Ameyu, \u201cIn my short moment of service for the church, I had witnessed a lot of stressful situations, a lot of killings, a lot of destruction, and I have visited places, and whenever I ask people where the problem is, they always say, the problem is in Juba,\u201d the bishop said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy can\u2019t we really change this situation of destruction and killings?\u201d He asked in His Christmas message to the faithful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the situation will definitely not change if the leadership and the people of South Sudan do not change their hearts and attitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnless we change our hearts, we will never change the situation in South Sudan. I am confident that God is with those who are suffering, and God one day will bring us peace even without any intervention from anybody,\u201d the outspoken cleric concluded that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And from us here, we do believe so too. Otherwise, to all those right-thinking South Sudanese who love their country, and are working hard to help change things for the better for every South Sudanese; regardless of tribe, ethnicity, state, and region \u2013 WE WISH A PEACEFUL, HAPPY, AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Year is here. South Sudanese can look forth towards it for the good things they had all along wished for. Year 2022 had been one of the worst in the lifelong difficult times the Africa\u2019s latest nation had been through. 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