When we are born, our parents take care of us. They feed us, nurture us and offer guidance over time. They try to teach us lessons of life that they may have experienced. Then there comes a time, where they get older and the roles reverse. We may have to be there to take care of them.
Doctor’s appointments, surgeries, and possibly severe illnesses or death. If you have experienced the loss of a parent, my heart truly goes out to you. But this made me think about my own parents and begin to release any resentments, hurt, anger, or betrayal that may have been stored in my heart. Proverbs 23:22 reads, “Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.”
Father in that verse resonated to me that since God knew me before I was born, he gave me life. And that my parents were the vessels. And although they were not perfect; as a parent today, I realized there is no handbook for parenting. They did the best they could with the information they had. Not only that maybe they were not taught along the way. Maybe my own children feel like there were many mistakes that I made or despise things I did. How can I hold that against them? As much as we think time is forever, we all will grow old. And someone may have to take care of us.
Are you willing to change your perspective to look at things differently?
SHIFT UR FOCUS 
WOW, awesome word thank you for sharing. That is a great way to look at the relationship we have with our Father and our parents.
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Sis, To God Be the Glory! It truly had me thinking since I am on both sides of that coin now. And my parents are getting older. My children are getting older and we have those conversations about their thoughts from growing up. And me taking care of them. And what is to happen as I get older for them to take care of me.
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