LOVE THEM NOW ..................

On October 10th 1992, my father died. I left him at home looking healthy .I was far away in boarding school  when I heard he passed on .He was my best friend , my life line . His memory  stays fresh in my head . I love him so much . He thought me how to be mischievous and that is who I am today .

Three of the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 help guard the family. Number five is "Honor your father and mother..." Number seven is "You shall not commit adultery." And number ten tells us not to covet our neighbor's wife. God loves the family. Fathers are to lead and be responsible for the family.

Fathers who fulfill their roles in the family are worthy of our appreciation and honor. I wish I had the opportunity of sharing time with my father in his last days alive on this earth. We  would have sang together, laughed together, reminisced together and talked of life and death but the memories that he created with us will live on. I didn't have the opportunity to hold his hand, fondly stroke his forehead and hair, tell him how much he has meant to me.
Please appreciate your fathers while they are still alive. Tell them often that you love them. Write or call them and let them know how much they mean to you. Tell them what blessings they are .


Ecclesiastes 9:10 gives us the principle of doing wholeheartedly what we can while we are able to do so. Honor your father and mother by showing them appreciation regularly and fulfill your responsibility as a loving child of God.

 

Caring for  parents can be challenging and difficult at times, but it is also an honor and privilege to do so, as well as a God-given responsibility for everyone in the family. “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever”.

Taking care of the needs of elderly parents can also put a strain on marriages unless clear boundaries are set and adhered to, along with getting the supportive help and assistance of all siblings. Not only is it important and necessary to care for parents, but it is just as important to care for the needs of your own immediate family, such as the husband/wife relationship and that of any children.

 

The  parent/child relationship cannot and must not supersede the relationship between husband and wife as first priority, as this goes against the marriage vows spoken before God and witnesses to “leave and cleave unto each other”, thereby creating needless stress and strain on the marital relationship. It is extremely important to understand the difference between caring for needs versus wants, as taking care of elderly parents can often lead adult children to become enablers of their own parents without realizing it.

Some elderly parents can be very difficult to deal with, perhaps even controlling and manipulative, in a selfish attempt to dictate the lives and activities of family members. Caring for an elderly parent encompasses responsibilities from the very basic needs of living.By working together as a family, being supportive and helpful in caring for the many needs of the elderly parent, families will have the joy and pleasure of knowing that their efforts were greatly appreciated by the aging parent as well as knowing that they fulfilled the requirement to “honor your father and mother” while they were alive.

inciple of doing wholeheartedly what we can while we are able to do so. Honor your father and mother by showing them appreciation regularly and fulfill your responsibility as a loving child of
ives us the principle of doing wholeheartedly what we can while we are able to do so. Honor your father and mother by showing them appreciation regularly and fulfill your reonsibility as a loving child of God