Honor Your Father and Mother, no Parents? No Problem

Honor esteem and value as precious your father and your mother. You may say, I’ll never honor my parents after the way they treated me growing up. Or you may not have known your parents. Any person you look up to or consider close to you are the people in your parents stead. The main idea is to honor those having authority over us or those who are responsible for our welfare. When there’s no parent in the picture the Lord is our heavenly Father, the parent of all those who have accepted His Son Jesus as Lord and Savior of their lives. Because of the new birth, we can now have close fellowship with God. Everything we need for life and godliness has been given to us in His word (2 Peter 1:3). To honor everyone is the ultimate goal. Things can get hairy in the family unit at times. Parents aren’t perfect, by them being imperfect gives opportunity for the children to exercise the love of God in their hearts. Honoring your parents or guardians brings long life with honor to your door step.