23rd I.B.S.

Eph. 6:1

- "Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right."

Col. 3:20

- "Children obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord."

These verses are two verses that I have taken very lightly in my life. Obviously I know that I am supposed to obey my parents and I know that it pleases God, but have I been obeying my parents with the same heart that I need to have while serving God? I sadly would have to confess no, no I haven’t been. But to think how much trouble it would have saved me. I mean I wouldn’t have gotten into half of the garbage that I put myself through if I had just followed my parent’s instruction. Now I do have a confession to make, I would have to admit that I was blessed greatly by God for the parents that raised me. I have friends who have tons of parental issues and I can’t ever imagine having to go through things such as divorced or alcoholic, drug addicted, adulterating parents. I’ve seen how that can affect a growing boy and it causes me to step back and be so thankful for the ones that God has put over me. Actually, when I think about it, not only was God blessing me with my parents, but I was receiving His blessing and saying, "Oh gee thanks God… SIKE!" and throwing in the trash. Now I’m not saying I don’t love my parents, because I do. I understand that they love me as well and make constant sacrifices for me. I can see my Gods love through them in so many different ways. So, the question I have to ask myself is, why in the world don’t I love them like I serve God. I’m getting to a point in my relationship with God where I WANT to serve Him. I’m stepping into that by giving Him this year. Why don’t I want to grow closer to my parents and love them, and respect them, and bless them near as much as I want to do those things for God? I’m not saying my parents are just as good as God but He placed them in my life as a blessing and I need to be honoring that.

The next time we get WiFi, I will skype my parents and apologize.