Honoring Our Mothers (and Fathers)

The Fifth Commandment in Exodus 20 tells us to "Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee." Paul echoes that command in Ephesians 6:1-3 in a section of Scripture that deals with submitting ourselves to one another. Interestingly, that command is not qualified depending on whether our parents are good or bad, so it is a command that is still binding on all of us. How we honor our parents may be a little different form person to person, but here are a few suggestions: 1) Obey them under the authority structure of the family that God ordained; 2) Encourage them; 3) Forgive them; 4) Speak well of them; 5) Seek their wisdom; 6) Care for them; 7) Pray for them.