To keep a promise is difficult and challenging.
To keep a promise is to be true to the word that we give to others.
Our integrity is upon that promise to others and we keep faithfully to the best of our ability.
But we also admit that there are times when promises were broken and we did not keep our word.
We were not faithful to our promises because we were influenced by other motives and intentions.
In the 1st reading, David remained in Jerusalem while he sent Joab with the army to go fight the enemy.
But while he was in Jerusalem, he happened to see Bethsheba and he desire for her, even though he was told that she was Uriah’s wife.
One wrong led to another and in the end David wrote out Uriah’s death sentence, in other words, David committed murder.
But all that happened because David forgot about how the Lord God raised him up from being a humble shepherd to being a mighty king.
In short, David lost his faithfulness to the Lord God and the consequence was tragedy upon himself and upon others.
Faithfulness is not just a virtue. It is vital for life and in our relationships.
Unfaithfulness will only have tragic consequences.
But faithfulness to God and to others will bring blessings of peace.