Honor thy father and mother

“Honor thy father and mother”, from the great and eternal tablets, as with all that is sacred is likely to be trivialized by fallen egocentrics, even among the elect. Beneath the obvious, lies a rich God-glorifying reality “the greater and the lesser”, a fact surely built into creation. All the conceived will have the relationship of ancestry, the ones who bring life; lifegivers. Some will be lifegivers. This provides us with model of “greater and lesser” as God has evidenced by using the experience of “father” to show us his relationship to his beloved remnant. Meditating on this blessed command allows us to consider our individual roles, sometimes the greater, at times the lesser and often equals. How blessed being made in His image to have a chance to see things from God’s perspective as the greater while enjoying the commonness with equals and caring for the lesser, loving all, finding indelible etchings of the great Creator uniquely in each arrangement. Blessed we will be when we submit to these decreed arrangements, submitting to magistrates, cooperating with others and being responsible and longsuffering with those in our charge; acknowledging the providential attention and intention of the true Greater, “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created”.