Honor Your Parents

The next commandment the Lord gave was to "Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." Exodus 20:12. So what does it mean to bring honor to our parents?  How do we do these things? What are some of the ways we dishonor our parents?  

The definition of honor is to regard with great respect, pay respect to, or to fulfil an obligation or oath. 

We can honor our parents by paying them proper respect. Our parents made sacrifices to bring us into the world and raise us. This was not something we can do for ourselves. It does not matter what kind of parents we had. Whether we came from good parents that tried to raise us right, or came from parents that were selfish and ungodly, we need to respect them regardless.  If we don't learn to respect our parents, we will tend to lack respect for others. If we don't learn to respect those who raised us, we won't respect ourselves either. It's not about paying them the respect they deserve either.  It is not for us to judge what people deserve, or to judge the experiences that they go through.  Paying respect says a lot about us and shows what is in our hearts.