HONOR

HONOR

WE LIVE IN A DAY WHERE HONOR IS BECOMING OBSOLETE.  OF COURSE, I AM WRITING THIS FROM SCRIPTURE AND A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE.   BUT, I REMEMBER EVEN WAY BACK WHEN I WAS A KID IN SCHOOL, HONOR WAS TAUGHT.

HONOR IS A GIFT THAT WE GIVE TO OTHERS.   IT IS EVEN DIFFERENT FROM RESPECT.

SCRIPTURES SAYS WE ARE TO HONOR ONE ANOTHER, TO HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER, TO HONOR THOSE IN AUTHORITY.   YOU CAN DO A GOOD WORD STUDY ON HONOR

 

WHY IS HONOR LACKING?  THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US WHY:BECAUSE  OF HARD HEARTS WITH FRUITS OF UNFORGIVENESS, BITTERNESS, & SELFISHNESS.

RECENTLY I SAT AND WATCHED A GROWN WOMEN DISHONOR A YOUNG LITTLE BOY WHO HONORED HER WITH A GIFT, A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS HE PICKED FOR HER; AND THE WAY SHE RESPONDED  WAS WITH UNTHANKFULNESS AND ACTING UNINTERESTED IN THE GIFT GIVEN HER.  SHE LOOKED AT THEM AND PAST THEM ON TO SOMEONE TO PUT THEM IN A VASE OR ‘SOMETHING’.    IT BROKE HIS HEART; BUT IT BROKE MINE TOO.  KIDS LEARN FROM THE ADULTS. 

HAVE YOU BEEN DISHONORED?   EVEN IN OUR COUNTRY WE DISHONOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THE ARMED FORCES AND FIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY, THOSE WHO STAND UP FOR BIBLICAL PRINCIPALS,  AND THOSE WHO LIVE BY GOOD MORALS AND BIBLICAL STANDARDS ARE DISHONORED.  WHY?  THE WORD OF GOD SAYS, BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS OF THEIR HEARTS.

WE ARE LIVING IN SERIOUS TIMES.   IT'S THE LAST DAYS AND IT SAYS IN GOD'S WORD THAT IS HOW PEOPLE WILL BEHAVE.   HOW WILL OUR CHILDREN LIVE IN THESE LAST DAYS?   

WE MUST BE EXAMPLES IN SHOWING HONOR AND WE MUST TEACH IT IN OUR HOMES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND AMONG EACH OTHER.  THE WORD OF GOD MUST BE STRONG IN OUR HEARTS.   THE CHILDREN WILL LEARN TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS WE DO THAT TODAY AS THEIR PEERS.

HAVE YOU HAD A HARD HEART TOWARDS THOSE WHO HAVE

BLESSED YOU OVER THE YEARS, AND ACTUALLY GIVEN UP THEIR LIVES FOR YOU IN SOME WAY?  HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN TO BE THANKFUL AND EXPRESS IT WITH YOUR WORDS AND YOUR ACTIONS?

MAYBE YOU SAY, "BUT THEY…………….., BUT THEY WHAT? TOLD YOU THE TRUTH WHEN YOU NEEDED IT?  WOULDN'T PUT UP WITH YOUR DISRESPECT…..OR WHATEVER IT WAS TO TEACH YOU RESPECT AND HONOR?"  

IT'S TIME TO GET RID OF THE HARD HEART AND BEING A VICTIM.  IT'S TIME TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE PAID A GREAT PRICE, MAYBE FOR YOU. 

MAYBE YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD AND HIS PRINCIPLES, BUT THEY ARE STILL WORKING AND STILL IN PROCESS.  

THE WORD OF GOD SAYS WE ARE TO HUMBLE OURSELVES.  HUMILITY ALWAYS COMES FIRST.   THEN REPENTANCE COMES NEXT.   CAN YOU CHANGE YOUR WAYS?  YES!   HOW?   REPENT AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS TO THOSE WHO YOU HAVE DISHONORED BY YOUR WORDS, YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR WORKS.  THE HARDER THE HEART, THE HARDER THIS IS TO DO. 

BUT GOD WILL HONOR YOU IF YOU DO THAT.

YOU MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH THAT AS YOU READ THIS. I PRAY THAT AS YOU SURRENDER THAT HARD HEART TO GOD,  ASK HIM TO HELP YOU,  REPENT AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WILL

BE RESTORED AND THEIR WILL BE RECONCILIATION.

GOD BLESS YOU!!!