COUNCIL FOR THE RESTORATION OF FILIPINO VALUES (CRFV)
Civil Service Commission Accredited Learning and Development Institute
"We believe that the values of Love of God, Stewardship of Resources, Sanctity of Marriage, Truthfulness, Selfless Love, Respect for Authority, need to be enhanced among the government officials and employees to enable them to have the moral strength to resist the temptations of corruption by living Godly lives."
WEEKLY VALUE FOCUS
Week 22: TAMING THE TONGUE
You may be familiar with the story of President Rodrigo Duterte and his encounter with God regarding the epithets he use. On his way home from his visit to Japan, God spoke to him that if he does not stop uttering epithets, He will cause the plane he is riding on to drop. According to Proverbs, “death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat its fruit.” God is no respecter of any person, even the rulers of the nations are under Him, and it is essential that they abide in Him, even His Words and Commandments. His Words are true and alive.
The Holy Bible has a lot to say on taming the tongue and what our tongues or languages bring forth. We are warned of the dangers of untamed tongues - “So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small :ire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on :ire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.” Furthermore, it is said in Proverbs that, “The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.” Another is in Proverbs 15:4 saying that, “A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.” Psalms tells us that, “The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.” There is a lot that we could learn from the Scriptures about controlling and subduing our tongue so that we could experience an abundant life here on earth. How do profane words come out of our mouth? The cliché “Garbage in, garbage out” may lead us to the answer. What we take in is important because it will determine what we say - the movies we watch, the music we hear, the books that we read and the people we listen to. If filthy things surround us, then we expect foul things to come out from our mouth. But if we take in wisdom, pleasant music, sound advice, and Words from God, out of our mouths will come forth rivers of living water that will educate, build up, reform, revive and restore. There is power in our tongue, so whatever we say, it will become. Just as we are created in the image and likeness of God, every word we utter has the corresponding effect. When God said, “Let there be light!” and there was light, it illustrates that what we say in the now, the present ‘be,’ is already done as in the past ‘was.’ Every release of words from our mouth has the power to change atmospheres and bring forth life. We must then be careful with the words we utter, but better yet, let truth, right words, good tidings, and life spring forth from our mouths and hearts, for out of the abundance of our hearts, the mouth speak. Just like the President, let us ask God to deliver us from lying lips, deceitful tongue, and profane language. Not by might, not by power, but by the Spirit of the Living God.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INPUT“𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝓊𝓈 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝓃𝑔𝓊𝑒, 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝓈𝓌𝒾𝒻𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓈𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒶𝓀. 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓉 𝒶 𝒹𝑜𝓊𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒻𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝓃𝑔𝓊𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑒𝑒𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓅𝓈, 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝓊𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓉𝑜𝓃𝑔𝓊𝑒.”
- 𝒯𝒽𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓈 𝒲𝒶𝓉𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, “𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭,” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.” 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐬, 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠; 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐝, 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬. 𝐀𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯. 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬; 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, “𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦: ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮; 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮; 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞”[𝐢]. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, “𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲”[𝐢𝐢]. 𝐇𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭. 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, “𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞.”[𝐢𝐢𝐢] 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝, “𝐀 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡”[𝐢𝐯]. 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬. 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧. 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐦𝐞𝐧. 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬, “𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬, 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞.” 𝐈𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞. (𝐂𝐑𝐅𝐕) 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱. 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀, “𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, “𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁,” 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.” 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘆𝘀, 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴; 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗱, 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲-𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀. 𝗔𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲-𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃. 𝗝𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀. 𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀; 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱. 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀, “𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲. 𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺: ‘𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂; 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂; 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲”[𝗶]. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗯𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱. 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀, 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, “𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻, 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗿𝘆”[𝗶𝗶]. 𝗛𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁. 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, “𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀, 𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲.”[𝗶𝗶𝗶] 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱, “𝗔 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵”[𝗶𝘃]. 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘀. 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻. 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘀. 𝗪𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀. 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀. 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗺𝗲𝗻. 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼. 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀, “𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲, 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸. 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲.” 𝗜𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀. 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CRFV Highlights
We are part of a generation of "BREED WITHOUT GREED". A radical opposition to corruption; Godly seeds in the Land who have chosen to make a difference; standing up against all forms of wickedness and winning by righteousness!
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CRFV was recently appointed as the implementing Civil Society Organization of the Values Restoration Program (Civil Service Commission Announcement No. 40 s. 2013) empowering the organization to deliver its advocacy to all Constitutional Bodies, Departments, Bureaus and National Government Agencies (NGAs); Local Government Units (LGUs); Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) with original charters; and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs).
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The Council for the Restoration of Filipino Values (CRFV) is a non-government organization (NGO) dedicated to the effort in transforming the Filipino public servant and the local government leadership to subscribe to the Code of Ethics and Values that shall provide our nation, the Philippines, with righteous, incorruptible, and sincere service towards a graft free society through the help and guidance of the word of GOD consistent to the exemplary life of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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