School started....do you see me jumping for joy?

The answer is no. I extremely dislike school, so much that some may say I hate school. But there is an upside to it. THIS IS MY LAST FRICKING YEAR!!!!! OH YEAH!!!!! STICK THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT UNDERCLASSMEN!!! YOU SIT THERE AND WHINE....BOOFRICKEDYHOO!!!! I AM ALMOST DONE! Now that I have that out of the way, I would like to thank Jesus, my Mom and the other guys in the band for making this possible for all these years. I also want to thank all the fans of this band and everyone we have met over the years....oh wait....I didn't win the MTV Music Video award? Crap. Now what am I going to do? I can't simply "delete" the text above, or can I?(mischevious grin)(yes I can't spell. You would think that 16 years of school would have cured that, but they haven't.) So anyways school started and I am looking forward to learning lots of useless crap about how stupid people think this world works. I am also looking forward to infiltrating my godless campus with the message of Jesus Christ. Hopefully you believers are too.

Ok...now for the serious discussion of the week. What does "Honor thy father and mother," actually mean. Now for all of you who think sarcasam is still a novelty, I know it means to 'honor thy father and mother,' I'm not an idiot, or am I? The world may never know. Anywoo, does this passage mean that we obey our parents in every cercumstance, unless they ask us to sin, or does it mean merely respecting them and given heed to their warnings. What does scripture say about this? Well there is alot of scripture about the parent/child relationship but lets just focus on a couple of specfic passages, Exodus 20:12 and Ephesians 6:1-3. Exodus 20:12 says, "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you." Ephesians 6:1-3 says "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.) HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise), SO THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH." These verses basically say the same thing. Honor your father and mother, but Eph. 6 gives us some insight as to what that looks like. It says that children should obey their parents. Now the real question is how does obeidience play into honoring. Because I can obey my mom by taking out the trash, while I'm cussing her out under my breath. I am obeying, but am I honoring? I would say no. So I think honor has more to do with the attitude in which we obey. So the question becomes, in which cases do I honor my parents. Obviously, not in ones where they ask you to sin, which I actually don't think happens. Honestly, when was the last time your parents told you sleep with someone outside of wedlock or to steal something?(Just to kname a few) I mean I could understand some of that if your parents are not believers, but if they are, this will never happen.

Here's a situation, you really like another Christian chick(or dude, depending on your giftedness) and you want to engage in a relationship with them that is "more than friends," and no, I don't mean friends and penpals. Here's the catch, your parents have met the person and they say to you, "This is not a good idea right now, in my opinion. But you are mature enough to make your own decisions and we support and love you either way." I this particular situation, what do you do? Do you "honor" your parents by not engaging in the relationship or can you have the relationship anyways. They didn't actually tell you not to, or even use an imperitive tense. So I don't see this as an obedience issue.

I want to hear your thoughts on this issue, and if your decision would change based on your gender.


And for those of you who noticed the blatant spelling errors, Yes I made them on purpose.


Until next time, don't get shot

JJ

No lives were lost, so I'll have to call this a victory.