Book Of Faith

We do admit that most of us grew up absorbing a lot of information about who is God in our lives except for those who are non Catholics. These would have come from parents, neighbors, friends and church ministers. But it is a fact that only few Catholics, most especially the youth have forgotten the main role of the written word of God-the Bible in their lives. They are always too busy of their friends, studies and vices that they even forget to go to church every Sunday. Just not like the older generation because they are more aware of Christianity because during the past, there are still no malls, Internet games and cellphones. And this might be because it is only attributed to the traditional point of view or thinking that the Bible is only for the clergy or for those who studied it in depth or as we call nerdy type of people. But what is really a bible? What is its role in our lives? Is it just any ordinary books found everywhere?


Our bible is not a book of History nor a book of Science that gives us some historical and scientific facts. Therefore, it is a book of faith wherein we should be reading it according to its perspectives and contents. We should be able to know what is the message of every chapters and verses we read. What it intended to do was to express the different communities' faith in God in the Old Testament and the different communities' faith in Jesus in the New Testament and especially to strengthen our faith in God. For it shows how God's people experienced the miracles he made as each day passes by. Though faith is shared with us individually during baptism, it is nurtured and strengthened to us by sharing it with the community where this same faith is shared by other people. The bible is just one of the many different ways for us to come back to God despite of the sins we have done because no matter what happens He still loves us. In our Christian community, we have the Bible, traditions, and the living of our faith in God.


But we should not forget that our goal is to submit ourselves to the light of the Holy Spirit in order for us to know what is His message for us. We should be devoted to God to be able for us to know him deeply because He already knows us by flesh and blood for He is the one who made us in the first place. To tell you, if you will be able to know him better, I am pretty sure that you will love him because He is the only one whom you can cry your heart out and tell your problems. He is a friend, but take note, a special kind of friend. Combining the serious study and prayerful reflection, God will surely speak to us personally and communally through the words of the Bible.