Talk with them as frequently as possible. It is a relationship God has given you that you must do everything within your power to cultivate.Īnd it all begins with talking with them. You look like your mother and father, and no matter how far you travel, or if you change your name, you will always have their blood in your veins. And even where thankfulness seems impossible, as believers we are thankful for the evils in our lives that God uses for our good and His glory ( Genesis 50:20). Of course this is a much more difficult issue for those who were neglected and abused by their parents, but for the majority of us there’s a lot more to be thankful for than not. Just go on the front page of any news site and chances are you will find some story of a parent killing their child, or abusing their children. The fact that you are still alive today is a pretty good reason to start with. We should be thankful for them and it’s going to be impossible to honor your parents unless you begin by being thankful for them. Even in the cases where our parents are unbelievers we owe a lot to them. We can’t feed ourselves, we can’t walk, we can’t clean ourselves and we can’t communicate. It’s fascinating to think of how helpless we are when we come into this world. So here are some ways we can apply this verse as adult children. Although there are circumstances where obeying this verse becomes impossible (parents die, they are abusive, they abandon their children etc.) we are called to honor them. Honoring our parents has lifelong ramifications. “ Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”-which is the first commandment with a promise- “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” It got me thinking, how can adult children obey and honor their parents? Ephesians 6:1-3 says, Recently a young lady came up to me with a question, “What does it mean to honor your parents?” Although I pointed her to a few Scriptures that came to mind, I don’t think I had a great answer to her question.
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