Wonderful and true and Biblical article. Our EC are not following God's way!

Thank you for sharing. This article is so helpful and definitely reinforces our position as parents. I do try to respect our ES and feel the least we should have is "honor" Hugs and prayers

Don't throw tomatoes at me but....while I think the author means well, what he's saying is not actually scriptural. Yes, God commands us to honor our parents...but the article states "You DON'T have to love your parents, you JUST have to honor them". I don't know what Bible the author is reading, but my Bible doesn't ever say you don't have to love your parents. It says you have to love your neighbor as yourself. Parents are neighbors too. And God gave parents a double portion because he ADDS honor to the mix.

- Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang ALL the law and the prophets.
- Matt 22:37
- A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. - John 13:34 -
- He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. - 1 John 4:8
- Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: THEREFORE LOVE IS THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW. - Romans 13:10
- But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; - Matthew 5:44

When someone doesn't love and honor their parents, that is between that person and God. I am a big believer in getting out of God's way so that he can deal with the person who breaks his commandments in his own way and in his own time (i.e., our estranged children).

Many of the EC among us have entitlement issues. We need to be very careful that we do not to partake in the same error. We are entitled to nothing but hell, except for the grace by which we're saved in Jesus. So yes, our children SHOULD honor AND love us, their parents. But if they don't, they're breaking God's law. He's the one that gave the commandment, not us. We must obey it, too. To love them, even from a distance. :)

Thank you for pointing this out. It would be very difficult to honor someone that you do not love. Matt 22:37 speaks of loving God first, then others which is the greatest commandment. May God work in the lives of our EC to love and honor their parents.

Thankyou BlueMoon! Very well said.

It's ironic to me that my parents abused me severely and yet I respected and honored them and tried to love them and yet my ED does not honor or respect me and I have never abused her.

I am thankful that Heavenly Father loves us all.