Whether our parents had an opportunity to go to school like some of us or not,is besides the point! What I do know is that as each child was growing up, there were certain subjects of importance that our parents passed on to us. Included in the list were the following:

1. Never despise or laugh at those who don’t have!
2. Never mock, talk ill of, or laugh at a disabled/crippled person!
3. If someones child elopes,talk less or nothing about it
4.Never beat your chest with the feeling that you have arrived!
5.Don’t make fun of how people talk, or pretend walking as a crippled person just for the fun of it, or even being sarcastic on how a sick person talks or expresses himself/herself!
6.If you happened to go to a neighbors house and they did their best to welcome you, don’t come out saying all kinds of stuff

As we became of age and some of us Christians, we were further reminded of the following:

1.The first will be the last and the last the first!
2.God punished children who laughed at his man servant-Elisha
3.The fact that you were the first one to earn a certain degree, made it to a foreign land, buy a car/house and many others don’t mean a thing.
4.The under-dogs have always come back and surprised the world by beating the champions
5.The little boy named David,conquered a giant known as Goliath with just 5 little stones!

But, did we learn anything! Well, I will let you be the judge! But I have a feeling that some of us need to turn the clock backwards to the age when these vital lessons were passed on.

Although in many ways, we tend to entertain the thought that we are wiser than our parents, I bet those parents knew what they were teaching us. You and I better recall what they taught us!

I am willing to re-learn again so as to avoid hurting others! How about you!

Just a thought!

Pr Birai
612-396-4608
www.themaranathasdachurch.org

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Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:14:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Absalom Birai
Subject: Re: As we were growing up!