Honoring parents....

Honoring parents....

Last night as I attended church service, the topic was "honor your father and mother"...
How fitting, I thought as I have been sorting through my parent's life stuff...the papers, photos...on the eve of the anniversary of their passing, July 31 for my dad and August 6 for my mother...

Honor Definition
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n. noun
High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem.
the honor shown to a Nobel laureate.
Good name; reputation.
A source or cause of credit.
was an honor to the profession.
tr.v.
To hold in respect; esteem.
To show respect for.
To bow to (another dancer) in square dancing.
Honor your partner.
Synonyms
homage - reverence - veneration - deference

I need to share the gist of the sermon as it was so apropos ....

RAndy Myers, New hope church, Bend, OR
"Why we honor our parents---
It effects how we relate to God.
Malachi 1:6

It effects how we relate with life.
Exodus 20:8, Ephesians 6:2

It effects how we relate to authority .

It effects how we relate with others.

To be honored, we should be honorable
1tim 4:12b 1 Timothy 4:12
.....but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

Ways we honor our parents
We honor them by obeying them....Ephesians 6:1

We honor our parents by listening to them...Proverbs 1:8

We honor our parents by accepting them...proverbs 20:20

we honor our parents by thanking them.....Deut. 26:11

 We honor our parents by caring for them....1 Timothy 5:4"

I added In my notes, we honor them by caring for their affairs, estate, stuff after their death as a good steward...honoring them to their grandchildren, great grandchildren and generations to come...

I remember telling my husband over the past ten years," don't ever let me feel guilty for not taking care of my parents " as I cared for them time and time again..."they have been honorable to me, let me choose to do the right thing for them in life and in death"...

Thank YOU again for the parents You gave to me...let me honor them in what I have done and am doing  in their name....help me to be honorable to their lives, legacy...in honoring them, I am also honoring YOU, and passing that honor on to family....as a steward for them...

Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Ephesians 6:1-3New International Version (NIV)
6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”