Mother’s Day: The Power of Honoring

Mother’s Day: The Power of Honoring

“Honor your father and mother so that you may live long in the land the Lord you God is giving you.” – God (via Moses and Exodus 20.12) St Paul adds a few years later, “This is the first commandment with a promise.” (Ephesians 6.1-3)

This Mother’s Day is all about the power of “honoring.”

We’ll learn from a deep dive into this word, “honor” it is a voluntary weight lovingly borne. Honoring is choosing to carry the burden of deference, time and attention so that the other gets the glory.

We’ll discover the weight lifting of “honoring” strengthens the muscles that hold families and societies together. It builds spiritual muscles and in part because it is often a difficult task to accomplish.

We’ll review what many/most already know – families and societies that do not “honor” mom and dad self-destruct or implode from refusing the loving burden!

Pastor Karl