Honor Your Father...
It's always been a little tough for me to know exactly how I was supposed to embrace the commandment to honor my parents, or be honored by my children. I'm not suggesting that I have to keep an Old Testament commandment in order to be a Christian, but the command does reveal something of God's heart for our relationships, and to the extent that it's supported in the New Testament, I want to value what God values. My 24 year-old daughter taught me what this means last night. She called to talk, and it was one of those magical moments when everything aligns. I was just finishing some work and felt the energizing openness that comes with a completed task. She had been frustrated while trying to share her heart with some good friends. She needed someone to listen, and I wasn't distracted. It was one of those conversations that begins with a small opening and swings wide. You know the kind, where one person whose seeking intimacy opens the door to their heart a cr...