{"id":24649,"date":"2022-08-22T17:14:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T17:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/faith-and-patriotism-run-on-the-same-principles-and-values-first-lady"},"modified":"2022-08-22T17:44:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T17:44:17","slug":"faith-and-patriotism-run-on-the-same-principles-and-values-first-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/faith-and-patriotism-run-on-the-same-principles-and-values-first-lady","title":{"rendered":"Faith and patriotism run on the same principles and values \u2013 First Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>First Lady Jeannette Kagame has made a case for the relationship between faith and patriotism, saying the two run on the same principles and values.<\/p>\n

She was speaking on Sunday, August 21, during the Young Leaders Prayer Breakfast-an event that brings together young leaders from the private sector, government and civil society to thank God for the country\u2019s achievements, pray together, and talk about the challenges affecting society.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s edition was held under the theme \u201cYoung Leaders and Patriotism,\u201d and it brought together over 300 young leaders.\u201cGod gave us values and principles that govern us as believers. Those principles do not differ from the principles of patriotism. They say, if you do not love a human you see, it will not be easy for you to love God that you do not see. Loving the human that was created in God\u2019s image cannot be separated from loving God,\u201d Mrs. Kagame told her audience.<\/p>\n

She pointed out that leaders who have faith help in fostering unity among people, fight injustice and inequalities, as well as looking for solutions for the problems affecting society.<\/p>\n

\u201cGod will protect Rwanda and bless it because you – the leaders will have done what is worthy for the Rwandans that he created,\u201d she said.She also spoke to families, as she called upon family members to uphold the values of love, responsibility, and understanding.<\/p>\n

Here, she quoted the first letter of John, 3: 18 which says:<\/p>\n

\u201cDear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pastor Lambert Bariho, the preacher of the day, shared from Luke 19:41, showcasing to his audience how Jesus was patriotic.<\/p>\n

In the scripture, Jesus is weeping over Jerusalem due to some things that were going wrong in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch is a person who loves his city. He looks at it closely, sees what others don\u2019t see, and notices that there is something that is not going well,\u201d Bariho said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs young leaders, can we look at our country and feel its burden, so that we can even cry for it?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

Anita Kayirangwa, the Executive Director for National Unity, Itorero and Citizenship Education at the Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement, also spoke at the event, calling upon parents to make an effort to tell their children about the history of their families and the country at large.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the children are growing up, we should tell them that they belong to the country and the country belongs to them. This reminds them that they have rights in the country, but also have responsibilities in it,\u201d she said.She pointed out the need for parents to be role models to the children, not only in what they say, but in everything they do.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur children always look at us and note what we do. If what we say is different from what we do, they will take nothing from us,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

Captain Joseph Abakunda, a military officer working at Rwanda Space Agency, spoke about the negative effect that information technology can have on people, especially the young generation.<\/p>\n

He urged people to use the internet in a way that adds value to them and the country, following in the footsteps of several people that did heroic things in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou all know the history of slave trade. What amazed me is that the Kingdom of Rwanda is the one that stopped it from entering this region. That is military history. In intellectual history, arithmetic originated from Rwanda. In religion, Christians know that revival started from here and went on to spread in the region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, for me I feel like the most unpatriotic thing is having a bloodline that stopped slavery, invented arithmetic, ushered in a revival, but you are there watching twerking videos (on the internet),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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