Practicing Honor, Day by Day 13

"Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor." Romans 13:7 (NKJV)

Today, ponder the question, “Who has mentored, nurtured and poured into my life?”

For some, the most obvious answer is a parent, grandparent, or other relative. For others, it may be a teacher, coach, pastor or youth leader. For others, it may be harder to determine. If this is difficult, ask God to remind you of someone who represented His love to you.

Choose one such person, then take time to sit down and write a letter to that individual and express the appreciation you feel toward them. If you have not talked to the person in awhile, consider picking up the phone or arranging a face to face meeting. If that dear one has passed on from this life to the next, share your tribute with another person who knew him/her.

Give honor where honor is due, while it is still called “today.”

Heavenly Father, I thank You for the ones You have placed in my life who show me what Your love looks like. Thank You for the ways they sacrifice their time and resources to minister to me. I choose to honor them for their service to You and to others. As I take the hand of one who has gone before me on the path of life, I choose to reach back and grab the hand of another. As I have been loved, so I choose to love.