Honour Your Parents
Abstract: These days some of the teenagers and
the youth have lot of communication gap with their parents. This leads to tension in their relationship.This can be sorted out with proper understanding between the parents and their children. A passage from Sirach an Old Testament book (3: 1-15) tells about
the fruits of respecting and obeying parents.
These days during the interaction with teenagers and
the youth,some of them share their broken relationship with their parents. Some
parents on the other hand have come to me for prayer request for their college going
children. It is true that as children step into their adolescence there arises
some communication gap with their parents. During these periods they give more listening
to their peer groups than their parents. They want to be more in the company of
their peer group than parents. Some parents feel very bad because of the sudden
attitudinal changes in their children. More over parents feel that their
children are not obeying them and show resistance to their advices. Most often
children also feel that their parents poke their nose in all their personal
freedom and interactions and they get irritated in return. Children show their
irritation through back answering, rude behaviors and gestures.
This is a very common problem in most of the
families with teenagers and budding youths.
But these problems can be easily sorted out if both children and parents
try to understand the situations. Children should understand the sacrifices
their parents are making each and every day to bring them up. From the day a
child is born parents are after the child caring him or her day in and day out.
Each child should think how much his/her mother had suffered to bring him/her
up? How much her /his father has struggled to meet both ends? They do
everything because of their love towards you.
Do not take every thing for granted. It would be good that children
should spend some time to think about their parents love towards them. (I do
admit that for some children have not experienced the love of parents.)
On the other hand parents should also understand
their children and give them support and freedom as they grow up. Fathers, do not provoke your
children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the
Lord (Ephesians 6:4) says the bible. Parents should respect the freedom of their children and guide them to use this freedom responsibly. Children should be able to respect their
parents and share their feelings with their parents. There should be an open
relationship. Children should be able to experience the warmth in parents’
relation and must interact with them politely.
Honor your father and mother that you may live long on the earth
(Ephesians 6:3). To make things easy there must be a good family atmosphere. Parents should take care to be role models to their children.
Sirach an Old Testament book (3: 1-15) tells about
the fruits of respecting and obeying parents.
An abstract from the book of Sirach is presented.
An abstract from the book of Sirach is presented.
- Honour your father by word and deed to have blessing from the father
- Honour your Father to get your sins atoned
- Honour your father your prayers will be answered
- Glorify your father to have long life on earth
- Do not glorify yourself by dishonoring your father
- Father's blessing strengthens the house of children
- Man's glory comes from honoring his father
- Glorify your Mother to lay up treasure
- Mother's curse uproots their foundations
- Lack of respect to mother brings disgrace for children
- Help your father in his old age, and do not grieve him as long as he lives;
- Do not despise your father even when your father is lacking understanding but show forbearance. Kindness to a father will not be forgotten for your sins will not be remembered (as frost in fair weather, your sins will melt away).
Thus Man's glory comes from Honouring the father (parents). So honour your parents by your words and deeds. Honouring your father (parents) will bring blessing, will lay up treasure and strengthens your house. you will have long life on earth and Your sins will be atoned. Dishonouring the mother (parents) will bring curse and disgrace that will uproot the foundations of your house. Help your parents in old age and do not grieve along as they live. Do not despise them even when your parents lack understanding but you have show forbearance.
