by: Carolina Lim-Gamban Our topic for this week is timely, as the nation is confronting challenges related to faithfulness. Faithfulness involves loyalty, fidelity, or steadfastness to your affection or allegiance. It touches on a wide range of issues in life that we need to revisit and reflect on and carefully realign and readjust ourselves before it is too late to act.
Faithfulness to our beloved country. In the 1973 Philippine Constitution, Section 1 of Article V provides that "It shall be the duty of the citizen to be loyal to the Republic and to honor the Philippine flag, to defend the State and contribute to its development and welfare, to uphold the Constitution and obey the laws, and to cooperate with the duly constituted authorities in the attainment and preservation of a just and orderly society." Sadly, this provision no longer appeared in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. This, however, should not stop us citizens from being loyal to our country nor hinder us from loving and defending the State from aliens and oppressors who are trying to invade or take away what is ours. Grab every opportunity to show your love and loyalty to our nation – this is our faithfulness to our beloved country. Help her rise, boom, and bloom to be the nation that God has designed it to be. Protect her, nourish her, and take care of her. Do not hand her over to another for a bowl of soup. Faithfulness to our spouses and relationships. Fidelity is important in lasting relationships. Strengthening faithfulness is needed to see fewer broken families and relationships. When spouses, partners, or friends are faithful to each other, no storm is too strong for them because both can be a source of strength, encouragement, and inspiration. Resisting any temptation or how it will affect you is a choice one must make consciously. It measures how deep your love, respect, and honor for your spouse or partner. Faithfulness to the Almighty God "Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments." Our God is ever faithful and never changed in His faithfulness to us. His love and devotion to us are demonstrated by how He was willing to sacrifice the one He loved to redeem us from our iniquities, sins, unfaithfulness, and brokenness, once and for all. Time and time again, He is willing to wait for the renewing of our minds and for us to grow into maturity, for our sakes, so that we can experience the life He designed for us. What does He require of us? To be faithful to our Almighty God and not to worship any other gods. To love Him with all our hearts, souls, and minds, and to love our neighbor as ourselves. "Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man."
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