Honor Your Parents!

Saturday's Devotion (3-26-05)

"Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee." Exodus 20:12 (KJV)

One of the promises to us is long life, if we honor our parents. I said in an old devotion, "I think that we get long life for obeying this commandment, because when we honor our parents... it shows that we appreciate our lives." I said that because it is our parents that were used as vessels to bring us here. When we dishonor our parents, it shows that we dishonor our own lives and obviously don't want long life. We don't want long life, because we didn't even want to be born! We should be thankful to our parents. They brought us into the world and they raised us. They fed us, they clothed us. There is no one else in this world that will do for you, what your parents have done for you! There's probably only one other person who would, and that is your spouse. And you know what the Bible says about spouses? "For this shall a man leave his parents and cleave unto his wife." We leave our parents for our spouse. We go from people who love us to someone who loves us!

So many people dishonoring their parents, and I used to be one of those people. I used to hit my dad, I argued with my mother. You know what? I'm sorry for all of that, and I'm in bad health. I have paid for my decisions: My dad is dead and I miss him terribly, my mother probably thinks that I hate her at times. I talk to her and we get along now, but I'm sure she remembers our fights. My mom felt that my brother was using her, and that he hates her. The reason is because he only calls when he wants something and any other time he avoids her. So, the other day I called him and said, "What's wrong with you? Remember when you told me that I only had one sister? Well, you only have one mother." I don't know if he could take that seriously, coming from me. We're both old enough to make our own decisions, we don't need to let our mom run our lives... but we do have an obligation to her and to God to treat her with respect. If you're underage and living with your parents, then you have an obligation to obey their wishes. If they say to be home by a certain time, then you should be home. If you disobey them, you disobey God... and you don't want to do that! Honor your parents! Trust me, if you don't you'll be sorry. I am.

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message and for all things. Please forgive us of all our sins and we forgive all those who've wronged us. Please help us to honor our parents and to do right towards them and towards you. In Jesus name. A-men!

God bless!

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