Monday, July 13, 2009

Elmbrook Message: 10 Words for Life #5 Honor Parents

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Exodus 20:12

God intended for the Family to be the basic building block of civilization and the primary means of passing His story from one generation to the next.

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As we continue our series on the 10 words for life, this week we tackle perhaps the hardest of them all: Honor your father and your mother. For some, this Word comes easy. Your parents were great and you have no regrets, but for many many others family is associated with pain, shame, and anger. Their homelife looked (or looks) like a war zone, and the idea of honoring the flawed humans who caused them so much pain seems impossible. Our prayer is that we all may find hope and healing no matter what our family looked like.