True
honor comes as the result of being honorable… "Honor your father and your
mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving
you," is the first of the Ten Commandments with a promise. The children
are challenged to honor parents unconditionally, but a close observation
reveals that parents are expected to live by the other nine commandments. If
they do, they are indeed worthy of such honor. The challenge for contemporary
parents is that we will so live our lives that we will be worthy of our
children's honor and thus our children will find it easy to honor us.
--
Gary Chapman in Five Signs of a Functional Family
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