I have heard it said, "Be

good to your kids; they will be picking your nursing home!" Now there's

a lot of truth in that.

We, as parents, love to quote

to our children, especially when they are young, the "child"

commandment "Honor your father and your mother that your days shall

be long upon the earth." (Exodus 20:12) I certainly believe that

and I feel you do too.

There is another scripture

we need to read that says, "And you fathers provoke not your children

to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."

(Ephesians 6:4)

Have you ever known a parent

who was so cruel and unkind to their children that they caused them to

rebel? Their automatic answer to their children was a forever "NO,"

no matter what the question! Out of frustration of always hearing "NO,"

the lying , cheating , and rebellious behavior begins.

I realize, of course, that

a relationship is certainly a "handshake" which involves two

or more people trying to cooperate. I also realize that sometimes bad

kids cause bad parents. As my parents got into their twilight years and

started needing serious physical help, they received it, mainly because

of the love relationships that we had all received from them throughout

our earlier lives.

Another scripture comes to

mind. "Train up a child in the way they should go and when they are

old, they will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6)

God's Word said "Jesus

went about doing good." As Christians we are to go through

life as salt and light and do as Jesus did, and "do good."

There is a hope involved here

that as we do as we are supposed to do, that one day all of it will "come

back around to us." That just maybe, as we are lying in our nursing

home bed (that our children have picked for us), that the kindness we

have shone, will come back around.

Dr. Knox Herndon is the

pastor of His House Community Church (SBC). The Rev. Greg Mausz is senior

associate pastor. The Rev. Dr. Lydia Herndon is the Sunday School superintendent,

Bible study coordinator and teacher. The church is below Senoia on Ga.

Highway 85 a mile south of Ga. Highway 16 on the right just below the

fire station. Visitors welcome. Church office and prayer line 770-719-2365;

e-mail [email protected] .

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