Daily Verse August 7, 2010, Saturday Edition

Regard (treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you. (Exodus 20:12, AMP)

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, NIV)

This is the only commandment God gives that comes with a promise. I post this verse today, because today is a day my wife and I have set aside to honor my parents. Both of them turn 50 this year, one in June and one in September. In order to honor them today we are having my family from both sides over for a cookout to show them how much we truly appreciate and love them. I don't say that very often, but it is always a fact. Both of them have done everything possible to provide me with a solid foundation in life, a college education, and an example of a strong loving family.

As a man I have learned from my father and I pray that I am as strong and loyal to my family as he has been over the years. Mom has been great, oh how many times have I been comforted be her as child when I was injured. Most of my life she was a stay at home mom and wife. I am thankful for the many talks, dinners, goodies, and love over the years.

Both of my parents are amazing and wonderful. I am truly blessed to have two parents who love me and now my wife. So today I honor my parents in a way that all children should, by giving to them and and saying I love you both.

Daily Verse July 24, 2010, Saturday Edition

As Children

Have you ever watched two children share a toy that both want to play with. Sometimes it can be entertaining, but it usually ends up with one of the children getting their feelings hurt. This is a common occurance in young children. The sad thing is when adults still act the same way. They fight over parking spaces, toys at Christmas, and they even fight over children when they get divorced.

In these instances we need to have the following verse in our memory.

11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
(1 Corinthians 13:11-12, NIV)

Fighting and arguing over anything will never solve the problems that plague us. Review of the last 100 years will show this, with war after war and no real resolution. Learning from the past is what history is about, not just simply entertaining storys. Let us learn to get along by stepping back and watching the world through the eyes of children.