Honor..

thy father and  mother.  That is the 4th commandment and something we talked about at our sunday night church get together.  The pastor also talked about the 3rd Commandment: keeping the Sabbath and it was interesting because he had a lot to say about that one but the 4th was short.  It seems pretty simple right?  Especially if you are a kid (I still think of our assistant pastor as a kid, I guess I am at that age) who had amazing parents who were worth honoring and obeying.  Not that it is always easy as a young child to honor and obey but you learn when you  have good role models. 
But what happens when you don't?  When you don't really look at one or both of your parents as honorable?  Our wise mishmashmaggie had some good things to say about this.  I won't be able to say it as eloquently as she did but basically she told how her mom became a Christian because Lainie was able to honor her parents in the way God wants us to.  That's pretty amazing.  Coming from a family where I struggle to honor especially my father because of the choices he has made in his life, this was a good lesson for me.  But he is my father and I am really the only believer he is around.  I don't know if he has felt my dishonor of him but it is there, in my heart and clearly something I need to work on.  And if it is in my heart, then it might be coming out more than I realize.  Definitely something to pray about.