Exodus 20:12 “Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
One of the very important commandments of our Heavenly Father is to “Honour our parents” – to give respect and to obey them till they live even at our age of 50 or 80 from the day we were born into this world
We should never look down on them, when they do mistakes, we need to pray for them instead of mocking at them. When they didn’t understand try and help them to understand instead of getting angry with them.
Now a days we all give more important to our Job, things, and other material pleasure. Instead of using material and taking care of people we use people and take care of things.
This is the only commandmentsl which has an earthly blessing as an outcome when we obey it completely. Ephesians 6 :2 “Honour your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.
Testimony
”My mother-in-law is single mom, and she has 2 children a son (my husband) and a daughter. As she is a single mom in those days she went through tough situation in society and need to work hard to bring up both her loving kids. When I got married and came, we shifted to Pune and my mother in law was with us. Last 5 to 6 years were very tough for her, she had paralytic attack and fallen and had hip fracture.
She is heart patient and as her kidney is not working properly so she can have only 1 litre of water and her mental state fluctuate when there is a change in potassium and sodium level. In all these situations my husband took care of her very well with loving and compassionate heart.
At times I have fought with my husband that he loves her more and gives all his attention towards her. He never given his ears to my nagging but continue to be faithful in serving his mom in her death bead and till her death. Now we are reaping the reward mentioned in above verses.
Lord blessed my husband with amazing wisdom and knowledge and stand out in his organization. He submits research paper in foreign universities, it gets selected, and he was invited to present his paper there. Last month he presented his paper in Greece and we as a family went there along with him by Lord’s amazing grace.
Lefkada was a such a beautiful place and their, Holy Spirit spoke to me about the blessing my husband inherited because of his steadfast love towards his mom. Being his wife, I too got opportunity to enjoy the blessing. I immediately repented and asked for forgiveness and thank our Lord for His unmerited favour and amazing grace.
Today I pray, May Lord give us loving and patient heart that knows our parents need even before they tell us and to be with them during their time of need. Let our heart don’t become weary to do right things and let us also don’t act lovingly to inherit the blessings. May Lord transform our heart into loving heart so we do it wholeheartedly. Amen
Sol.Stella