Since October, the color PINK—initiated by volunteers for VP Leni's presidential campaign—has spawned so many meanings. If you were to ask kakampinks (rough translation: pink allies or kindred souls), what PINK represents, they each would come up with something different.
In the beginning I had no doubt in my mind that PINK meant hope, which is what PINK generally denotes.
With Leni's campaign now in full gear, after watching her many interviews on mass media, seeing her old photos helping the poor and calamity victims through the years, I have realized that hope has many-splendored dimensions. Kakampinks have added more nouns and adjective phrases in all hues of the color PINK:
AccountabilityService to all peopleGood valuesTransparencyCorruption-free governmentLove of country
Simple living
Better life for all
Reliable and true
Sincere, unpretentiousCompassionate
No wonder VP Leni has a slew of different slogans coming from different demographics. Indeed, PINK, from God's rainbow, is a many-splendored thing.
Since it is February, the love month, many are singing this old favorite, Love is a many-splendored thing. The song refers to romantic love, but love, to those who believe in Jesus, is a command found in many Bible verses.
". . . Love each other as I have loved you. (Corinthians 16:14)
"Do everything in love." (John 15:12)
All isms have some idea of the value of love, but the Christian faith stresses its importance, because God has revealed that He is love (1 John 4:8, 16).
Love is both what God is and what he has done—sending his Son to die on the cross to save sinners (Rom. 5:8; John 3:16; 1 John 4:10).
Shouldn't our attitudes and behavior in everyday life then reflect that love? Jesus said that only two commands are needed to govern our lives: love of God and love of neighbor.
PINK demonstrates that in many-splendored grace:
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