Honoring the age, wisdom, and achievements of those who help
me attain the stature of Christ.
Luke 2:51 And He went down with them,
and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but His mother
kept all these sayings in her heart.
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and
stature, and in favour with God and man.
I rise up before the hoary head, and honour
the face of the old man, and fear my God, Who is the LORD.
Leviticus 19:32
Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon,
to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her and
bowed down to her, and sat down on his throne and had a throne set
for the king's mother; so she sat at his right hand.
1 Kings 2:19
Now because they were years older than
he, Elihu had waited to speak to Job. So Elihu, the son of
Barachel the Buzite, answered and said: "I am young in years,
and you are very old; Therefore I was afraid, And dared not
declare my opinion to you.
Job 32:4,6
The silver-haired head is a crown of
glory, If it is found in the way of righteousness.
Proverbs 16:31
Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a
father;
1 Timothy 5:1
The people will be oppressed, Every one
by another and every one by his neighbor; The child will be
insolent toward the elder, And the base toward the
honorable."
Isaiah 3:5
They ravished the women in Zion, The
maidens in the cities of Judah. {12} Princes were hung up by their
hands, And elders were not respected.
Lamentations 5:11-12
And we know that all things work together for good to those who
love God, to those who are the called according to His
purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be
conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn
among many brethren.
-- Romans 8:28-29
I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto thy
ways. I will delight myself in Thy statutes: I will not forget Thy
Word.
-- Psalm 119:15
This isn't that New Age
"Positive Thinking" stuff, is it??
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