Christian Reflection and Prayer

Scripture:

Listen, my child, to what your
father teaches you. Don't neglect
your mother's teaching. What
you learn from them will crown
you with grace and clothe you
with honor. Proverbs 1:8-9 NLT

Sensible children bring joy to
their father; foolish children
despise their mother.
Proverbs 15:20 NLT

(Note= This is really something
to think and pray about!)

Honor your parents

Once upon a time, there was
a young family — a father, mother,
and their young son. Living
with them was the father's dad.
Grandpa was old and shaky and
very feeble. He dripped everything,
especially when he ate. He
slobbered everything and made
a terrible mess. It was embarrassing
to the family, especially when
company came over. So put the
old man off to one side, away from
the table. They gave him an earthen
bowl to eat out of. But he broke that.
In fact, he continued to slobber and
make a mess. Finally, his
daughter-in-law spoke out harshly
to him and moved him to a far corner
of the room, far from the dinner table.
He was given a wooden trough to eat
out of. At mealtime he would look
wistfully at the family, wishing that
he could eat with them. But that was
not to be.

One day the daughter-in-law found
her son fiddling with some pieces of
wood as he tried to put them together.
She asked him what he was doing.
His answer: "I'm making a trough for
you and Daddy that I can give you when
I grow up." With these words, judgment
was brought to the daughter-in-law, and
she shared it with her husband. They
brought their dad back to the table. He
didn't stop slobbering or shaking, but it
didn't matter anymore. They were finally
honoring their father.
adapted from 1001 Great Stories and
Quotes by R. Kent Hughes, Tyndale
House Publishers (1998), p 160

Reflections:

The chances are that you'll never be
elected President of the country, write
the great American novel, make a million
dollars, stop pollution and racial conflict,
or save the world. However valid it may
be to work at any of these goals, there
is another one of higher priority — to be
an effective parent. LANDRUM R. BOLLING
AMEN AMEN!