THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT
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).
We should respect our parents just because they are our parents, but that teaching is just the very outer layer of this commandment. Underneath it is instruction in divine metaphysics because your real father and mother is God. When this commandment says, “Honour thy father and thy mother,” it brings in the two poles, the male and th e female, and, of course, polarity is the motive power of the universe. In the bible, mother means the feeling nature, and the father is the knowledge nature. Most people have one side or the other more developed. When our prayers fail and we do not demonstrate, we fail because we are not honoring our father and our mother.
Whether honoring our earthly parents or our heavenly father, we are bound forever to them and our lives will reflect how we treat them. God created us and this world while our earthly parents are the means by which God brought us here. There is nothing in this world more important than our relationships with our parents until our relationship with God and our spouse becomes fully mature. We should treasure our time with our parents, be patient , respectful and loving with them. We should care for them. Regardless of their weaknesses or mistakes, we owe them our respect and love. Even if this means acting in ways that cause us pain in order to do the right thing by them. We only have two parents in this world.
Honoring them today,
Z Gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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