Heart Series 1b

I am beginning to wonder about this post.  This is my 3rd re-write!  First one didn't come together right and the second failed to save and so now here I am with #3!
Honor was what I was planning on continuing with, 

so here it goes.

 
We throw this word around quite a bit.......it makes me think of the  

military.  Honor brings about a feeling, an emotion.  I hold my head higher and breathe deeper when I say honor.
Why is that?

Looking up Honor, I found that it can be a noun or a verb.  As a noun honor means honesty, fairness or integrity in one's belief and actions.  As a verb it means high respect.

 In the Bible- Ephesians 6 tells us to honor our parents.....and it comes with a promise.

That basically your life may go well.

Interestingly, before the word honor,  

the word obey pops out.

Last entry, I shared thoughts on discipline--
pointing our children towards obeying.  And it really does have to be taught.
But what about honor?
Since honor comes after obedience, I am thinking honor is really 

the attitude behind obedience........

And that is what we are after, right? The attitude.

 To get my children to have the attitude of honor just sounds like more work huh?

Guess what - it is.  So often we go about it the wrong way.  I read this the other day-

Parents who try to get respect from their children by quoting this (Eph. 6)  scripture will be as
successful as trying to steer their car by honking their horn.
We teach them honor by how we honor our own parents.   How we care for them as they age.  And it doesn't stop there.  Jesus was pretty clear about us honoring others.  Simply putting others before ourselves (Matt 24:40).  You honor others by treating them with the same high respect you owe to the person of Jesus Christ. If you treat others the way you treat
Jesus, you will honor not only your parents but every living soul.

Think I am getting it........getting my kids to do something or be something better has less to do with me yapping all the time and trying to do the right things
and so much more about me being who I am suppose to be.....
through God's Spirit working in me.

That is what causes the emotions......the head held high.  Because we are honoring Christ- connecting so intimately with our creator when we honor others.

Let's teach this to our children by how we honor everyday.