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obedience to parents
1Children, 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"that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."[1] 4Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
- Ephesians 6: 1-4
what a tough passage. very tough....OH MY GOODNESS! car accident just now, outside my window on the FDR. jeez!! how many accidents have there been, RIGHT at that EXACT SPOT? clearly there is something wrong with the way that highway and exit/entrance points are designed. sheesh...
....ANYWAY. back to the parents/children thing.
pastor CP spoke on this. quite controversial, this topic is. and while talking with some of the YG kids, lots of old bones were dug up.
OMG!!!! AGAIN! ANOTHER CAR ACCIDENT. AT THE eXACT SAME SPOT. that must be the WORST designed ramp in all of the world. i bet that 50 ft causes several million $$ worth of damage on a yearly basis.
but back to obedience. why was it hard for me to obey my parents? because:
1) what they professed to believe (christian action) and what they actually asked me to do, seemed to be contradictory.
2) at times, i felt i knew what was good better than they did
3) there's lots more, but i'm not remembering everything...
but while musing over all this, several points of general observation coalesced and became a revelation to me: MY PARENTS ARE JUST PPL, LIKE ME.
what is mean is this. in the same way that i struggle with balancing my spiritual growth, work life, future plans/dreams, relationships, friendships, etc, etc, THEY GO THROUGH THE SAME THING.
which is actually kind of a scary thing. i mean, they're supposed to have their act together before they have kids, right? right?
that's what i thought before. or, even if i didn't actually delineate the thought, the idea that my parents should have their act together is the assumption that i rode my anger and resentment on, during my rebellious years of jh, hs.
these days, my friends aren't just 24, 25 year olds. the range has greatly expanded, from my YG kids to 30, even 40 yr olds. i mean, we may not be buddy buddy, bosom buddies. but i am close enough to understand dreams, struggles, failures and sucesses.
and suddenly my parents aren't merely a fixed institution in my life. one that is supposed to be established, consistent, secure, fair, and loving in all ways.
they are like me. they lose their temper. they make terrible mistakes. they lose stuff all the time. they are inconsistent in many things. they are still running the race, learning what it means to be a christian. they are still chasing their dreams, even at 51and 55.
it's a scary thought. it turns the world on an edge, ready to tip one way or the other.
these days, i'm seeing my parents as fellow christians. they need the same type of grace, understanding, and forgiveness as i do.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRACE!!!
yakob at 12:04 AM
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1Children, 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"that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."[1] 4Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
- Ephesians 6: 1-4
what a tough passage. very tough....OH MY GOODNESS! car accident just now, outside my window on the FDR. jeez!! how many accidents have there been, RIGHT at that EXACT SPOT? clearly there is something wrong with the way that highway and exit/entrance points are designed. sheesh...
....ANYWAY. back to the parents/children thing.
pastor CP spoke on this. quite controversial, this topic is. and while talking with some of the YG kids, lots of old bones were dug up.
OMG!!!! AGAIN! ANOTHER CAR ACCIDENT. AT THE eXACT SAME SPOT. that must be the WORST designed ramp in all of the world. i bet that 50 ft causes several million $$ worth of damage on a yearly basis.
but back to obedience. why was it hard for me to obey my parents? because:
1) what they professed to believe (christian action) and what they actually asked me to do, seemed to be contradictory.
2) at times, i felt i knew what was good better than they did
3) there's lots more, but i'm not remembering everything...
but while musing over all this, several points of general observation coalesced and became a revelation to me: MY PARENTS ARE JUST PPL, LIKE ME.
what is mean is this. in the same way that i struggle with balancing my spiritual growth, work life, future plans/dreams, relationships, friendships, etc, etc, THEY GO THROUGH THE SAME THING.
which is actually kind of a scary thing. i mean, they're supposed to have their act together before they have kids, right? right?
that's what i thought before. or, even if i didn't actually delineate the thought, the idea that my parents should have their act together is the assumption that i rode my anger and resentment on, during my rebellious years of jh, hs.
these days, my friends aren't just 24, 25 year olds. the range has greatly expanded, from my YG kids to 30, even 40 yr olds. i mean, we may not be buddy buddy, bosom buddies. but i am close enough to understand dreams, struggles, failures and sucesses.
and suddenly my parents aren't merely a fixed institution in my life. one that is supposed to be established, consistent, secure, fair, and loving in all ways.
they are like me. they lose their temper. they make terrible mistakes. they lose stuff all the time. they are inconsistent in many things. they are still running the race, learning what it means to be a christian. they are still chasing their dreams, even at 51and 55.
it's a scary thought. it turns the world on an edge, ready to tip one way or the other.
these days, i'm seeing my parents as fellow christians. they need the same type of grace, understanding, and forgiveness as i do.
*********
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRACE!!!
yakob at 12:04 AM