I have not done well in this category. I've challenged and spoken badly about my mother for years. Even as I type this I feel that I want to write "Because.......". However, I will restrain myself. I read in the Daily Bread this morning about setting up a legacy,basically. Setting up to take care of the parents in their old age and getting ready to be an active example for the children you have and those around you. I say those around you because I know, in my own life, there are people that I have looked up to who have taken such great care of their parents and had such wonderful relationships and I have wanted to emulate them. It is true in some respects that we are a product of our environment, however, if you don't care for your surroundings, FIGHT to change them.
Life looks different to me now. I am regrettful that my mother is so far away but will need to set an example for Hannah to follow with regard to parents. Perhaps what we do with Nancy will be an engraining example for her.
"Honor you father and mother, as the Lord has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the Land the Lord your God has given you." Deuteronomy 5:16
I believe God knew it would not be easy to either be parents or to be children. He did not command us to obey our parents....but did expect us to honor them. We only get one set of parents, good or bad though they may be, and we will love them for who they are whether we want to or not because we are wired that way. So the last quote from the Daily Bread today is "Honoring our parents is learned by example." That is the line that struck home for me.
