(Eph 6:2-4 NRSV) "Honor your father and mother"--this is the first commandment with a promise: {3} "so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth." {4} And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
What kind of father do you have or did you have? Kind? Mean? Rich? Poor? Smart? Dumb? Caring? Critical? There are all kinds of earthly fathers, and no matter how hard they try they aren't perfect. Still God doesn't just ask, but commands us to honor them. He gives us a promise with this commandment "So that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth." I know lots of people that harbor anger against their parents,. Sometimes that anger is justified, sometimes it isn't. This scripture admonishes the fathers to not provoke your children in anger. The bad thing about holding on to anger and unforgiveness is that it destroys your health. It hurts the person holding on to the anger way more than it hurts the person that they are angry at, still Satan encourages us to be angry. God wants us to forgive our parents and honor them for the position that He placed them in. Not for their good, although if we are obedient, I think they will benifit as well, but the main reason is for our good. God knows what is best for us, even we don't understand, or it goes contrary to what the world says.
The challenge this week was to make a Father's day card or a card that honor our Heavenly father. I chose to make a Father's day card for my father Phillip. Growing up my dad loved collecting western themed artwork. These images made me think of him.
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