24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
25 Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.
From God's Wisdom in Proverbs, 258:
We must not miss that Solomon turns it around and makes this an imperative to the son: you must give joy to your father and mother; you must give your mother reason to rejoice. This is nothing but an application of the imperative in Exodus 20:12, which morally and spiritually obliges children not merely not to dishonor their father and mother, but positively to seek ways to honor them. In that same way, a child is obliged, not only not to bring sorrow and grief to his parents, but positively to seek ways to bring joy and gladness to them.
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Like (as in the thumb in FB) and ouch. Makes me see yet again my own failures in my relationship with my parents. Commandment #5 from Exodus 20 is also a reminder.
I definitely hear you. I've many regrets from my mostly-lost-person childhood, and from post-conversion late teen years as well. Did my best to make up as I grew and learned; but still...
Excellent. Very helpful.
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