 | EncouragmentListen To Your ParentsPosted Monday, May 3rd, 2010 and visited 229 times, 3 so far today by MInTheGap |
This proverb seems to be obvious, but given the current cultural climate it bears repeating:
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
((The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (Pr 1:8–9). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.))
The relationship between a child and parent differs over time. Children start out believing everything a parent says, and parents are the child’s world. Children then begin to have other sources of information other than the parents. And then the young person starts to wonder if his parents “know anything.” It then turns full circle and the child (now adult) wonders why she didn’t ask her parents for more advice when she was younger.
Now this isn’t to say that all parents are perfect—they aren’t. However, by virtue of the fact that they have lived the time period that you are now living, and they have given birth to you, there is a lot that they know that you do not.
In this proverb, the author likens the instruction of the father and the mother’s teachings to a garland or crown to the head and jewelry around the neck. These are valuable things—things that are not common but rare.
The idea is that those that would take the time to hear their father’s instruction and follow their mother’s teaching would be blessed.
In other words, we should listen to our parents, for their wisdom can be a blessing to us.
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May 3rd, 2010 at 11:19 pm
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