Exodus 20:12-17
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.


In other words, honor your elders, those who have gone before and have learned about life. Honor life. Honor relationships. Honor truth. Honor boundaries. Just as surely as there are four seasons and 365 days in a year, honor the structures of life that God has put in place! Normally a nice routine is a very comforting thing. What kinds of outside events and temptations moce us from an ordered existence into areas of doubt and uncertainty? How do we prepare ourselves for these intrusions?