Exodus 20:5 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.”
As each year passes I gain a greater appreciation for what my parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc. went through to get us to this point in history. Each generation should build on what the previous generation elevates us to. To deny previous generations’ successes and failures is to assure yourself of making the same mistakes they did. From the standpoint that GOD is Love, our parents were selected to bring us forth into this world at the precise location and time of our birth. We were not a mistake, accident, or an unexpected arrival in the universe. Our gifts and calling were and are part of the mosaic Our Heavenly Father has created for this universe. The only issue we have is obtaining the revelation of what, when, where, why, and how to complete our calling.
We should appreciate everyone who has come before us. In the biggest of pictures, they have been necessary in the progression of Our Heavenly Father’s Plan. Each calling and set of gifts were needed as part of the overall process to take us through to the next level of manifestation. When you reject their contribution, even if it appears to be one of dishonor, you compromise the fullness of Our Heavenly Father’s Plan in your own life. We should embrace our past, understand from it, and then move forward to a higher level of wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill.
Our food and water today is generally of higher quality and standards than what was available 100 years ago. The struggles that previous generations endured have allowed us to reap the rewards of progress. Love has been the motivator of true progress in the procession of life. We should acknowledge and appreciate what those before us have contributed. There are those things of the past that need corrected but without the past you would have nothing to rectify. Those enduring qualities should provide a foundation on which to build. Failure to build on the qualities will only insure that you will repeat the mistakes they made and thus reinvent the wheel again.
Living and working together creates a synergy greater than the sum of the parts. Embracing past generations and studying their history will minimize your unproductiveness. You will gain perspective on not only what to do, but what not to do. Hindsight is 20-20 and so we should not be critical of the mistakes our parents or others made in history. Our Heavenly Father did not put them on earth by mistake either. If you deny your parents, you have promoted division in your life. This division is by nature a path of exhaustion, death, and destruction. By forgiving your parents of any wrongdoing, you promote unity and as a result you are promoting long life and the abundance and blessing of Love.