A Proverb on Honoring Parents

9.

A PROVERB

 

Dearest Daughter,

 

 

Listen to the words of your father

Righteousness is fulfilled

Not by avoiding evil alone

But by doing good always

 

 

For this Christ came

To free us from sin

Not from the penalty alone

But from its control within

 

 

Cleansed from our transgressions

Clothed in His righteousness

Recipients of His mercy

Granted grace that we might bless

 

 

Honor your father and your mother

That your days may be long

Seek ways to build them up

In their service become strong

 

 

Find the good in you

That first flowed from them

Let it shine for all to see

And they will glow more brightly

 
 

Add to the wealth of their memories

Your own nuggets of gold

Fuel their hopes for your future

And the future of those to come

 

 

Where they have failed

Never fail

Where they have excelled

Soar on the winds of their courage

 

 

Know and be true to yourself

Know and be true to them

From them you came

Unto them you will be gathered

August 1996

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