One of the saddest verses in the entire Bible is Judges 2:10, "After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel." We often make the mistake of thinking that God's Top 10 #5, "honor your father & mother", is addressed primarily to all of the kids. As if God stops half-way through giving us 9 adult commands for a children's moment where he gives 1 child command. That's not the case. This command, and this bit of counsel and advice from our loving heavenly father, is just as much for us as parents as it is for the little ones. This word "honor" literally means "weight", "heaviness". Our kids should be able to give us as parents "weight", not because our words or commands to them are weighty, heavy & burdensome, but because we are worthy of trust and therefore weight. Just like our heavenly father, everything we do and say as earthly parents with our kids should be for their best interest, not ours. The Bible doesn't say who was to blame for a generation growing up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for them. The Bible doesn't fault the older generation for failing to pass their faith on, and the Bible doesn't fault the younger generation for failing to receive what the older generation may have been trying to pass on to them. The Bible just states fact, another generation grew up who neither the Lord nor what he had done for them. Will the same be said of us? Or will we do whatever it takes to raise up the next generation who both knows God and what God has done for us in Jesus?

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