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Originally Posted by acerrak
unless you been in some of the stuff you described i dont think you truely have a grasp on trying to honor and respect someone that doesnt respect you.
expecially when it comes to cases like sexual abuse and molestation
turning the other cheek makes a good sermon but its not that easy in life.
Getting these people out of your life is a positive thing, they can hinder your growth.
You can honor them by praying for them, but you dont have to obey them to honor them.
You may even try to reconcile your differences and the other person doesnt want to. These people are not ideal for your growth.
My brothers step kid and his girl friend have 4 kids, these kids daddy doesnt work doesnt help feed them and drink and smokes. the mother is in and out of jail has left them and went to another state. the 11 year old is forced to be the mother of the other three.
In this case these kids when they get old enough will leave there parents, infact the wasnt a father and a mother to begin with, they was the tool that birthed them. I dont see them having a relationship with their parents when they get older.
Maybe Later the kids can show honor to them and try and present the Gospel to them and pray for them, other than that. I dont know how else you could honor them, certainly obeying them isnt linked to honoring them.
Maybe it could be viewed as them leaving them when they get older is honoring them as the kids have been considered a burden to them.
any way stuff needs to be looked at on a case by case bases. expecially getting some kids of your own to help understand this as well.
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Actually i have experienced those things within my own family... in the abuse area... and I never said that cutting someone out of your life wasn't an option or was disrespectful... so it would be wonderful if you would actually read what I wrote and not put words in my mouth and create straw men arguments.
I stated that she, merely by being his mother is deserved at least enough respect that he doesn't go into a public internet forum and malign and bash her. If he can't have a relationship with her, so be it. But be quiet about it, and don't use negative words to disrespect her... no matter what she's done.
Finally, I never said it was easy... living the way Christ wants us to live is a cross that is heavy sometimes. You have no idea the hurts, the pain, the abuse I've received... even at the hands of family... but the Holy Ghost provides me more power than just to speak in tongues, run the aisles and shout.
The Holy Ghost has the ability to transform our speech, our attitudes, our hurts, our love, our approach to all of mankind. I don't always yield like I should to that power, but when I do... then I'm able to love as Christ loves... and according to
I Corinthians 13... it doesn't keep a record of wrongs... whether from a far or right there in a hospital room.
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