Faithfulness

I have been thinking about the attribute of faithfulness. I think it means loyalty as well as loving, kindness toward the one you are being faithful to. However, I have known some people who have been faithful in abuse, but not loyal or loving and kind. I wouldn't say those people are faithful according to my definition. Maybe,
that is "consistency", but it is not faithfulness.

God is described as being faithful. He loves us no matter what with His faithful, loyal love. When He passed by Moses on Mt. Sinai, He proclaimed His attribute of faithfulness. If you want to "see" Him, you have to see His faithfulness. He proves He is faithful in the stars each night and the sun and moon each day.....although seeing the sun here is sketchy:-) Still, I know it is there, and more importantly, I know He is there.

Some promise to be faithful, and then abandon that promise quickly. I am sure there are a variety of reasons for this. The capacity for faithfulness just doesn't seem to be a part of that person. I have been blessed with a few who have been faithful in friendship. It feels comforting and good and peaceful when I think of these people. They remind me of how God is; He is actually the author of faithfulness.

I think He wants us to be faithful to Him. It must feel good to Him as well when we are faithful to him.

An acquaintance wondered why I had been upset with someone who was not faithful in marriage. It was only twenty minutes, I was told. Half hour at most. What the acquaintance isn't understanding is that the attribute of faithfulness just wasn't in the person, not for twenty minutes, not for a day, not for a life. There had been so many incidences of a lack of faithfulness, the stollen glances, the secret dinners, the clandestine rendezvous, the constant winking eye, the flirtatious comments toward others.

I hope to be faithful to God today, with His help. I won't do it perfectly, and sometimes not well, but, I am thankful He knows my heart. I am really thankful for His faithfulness, His gift of faithfulness in so many ways. Twenty or thirty minutes of infidelity is unfaithfulness to Him. He knows how it hurts a heart He has fashioned for faithfulness.