Gold Nugget 147 - Filial Piety
Youth, especially young manhood, is apt to think that there is something unbecoming, ungraceful if not disgraceful, in rendering filial obedience; it is apt to imagine that there is something admirable in breaking away, in even early years from parental guidance, and establishing an independence of judgment and action. In truth, there is nothing more offensive, nothing morally uglier, than such premature assertiveness.
On the other hand, nothing is more comely, nothing more attractive, nothing more intrinsically beautiful, than filial devotedness. It has all the best elements of spiritual excellency: humility, a lowly view of ourselves; responsiveness to strong and tender love; the recognition of real worth, of the claims of age and wisdom; cheerful acceptance of the ordination of nature, and acquiescence in the will of God.
Those who illustrate the duty of filial piety live in the admiration of the wise, and walk in the sunshine of the smile of the Supreme.
The Pulpit Commentary, Proverbs p.30, Proverbs 1:8-9, (W. Clarkson)
Gold Nugget 147
Filial Piety
