How much more does He require earthly parents to sacrificially win the trust of their children? #parenting #childparent #goingnocontactwithparents
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Howdoeshonoringyourparentslookinthemodernworld?ByJenniferJillSchwirzer,Op-edcontributorThursday,March20,2025Unsplash/JudeBeckIcanstillremembermyfathersittingmedowntochataboutmyhighschoolboyfriend.Asaheadstrongteen,Iwasinnomoodforsoberreflection.“I’mconcernedaboutyourhappiness,”hedrolled,“yourlong-termhappiness.”The“long-term”rolledoffhistonguealittlelouderthantherestofthewordsandstuckinmymindlikeanearworm.Hewasright.Theyoungloveexperiment,withallthepartyinganddissipationboundupinourunprincipledyounglove,leftusbothscarredandregretful.
Thenotionofparentalhonorcomesfromthefifthcommandment(Exodus20:12),repeatedbyPaulinhislettertotheEphesians.Jesusfollowersmusttakeitseriously;notonlyaspartofHisWordbutbecauseitsitsenshrinedintheTenCommandments,thetranscriptofHischaracterofloveandthetimeless,transcendentmoralprinciplesgoverninglife.Godwrotethefil
