THE WORDS OF ELDERS

NEW WEEK TONIC: October 26, 2020

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE:

The garment of an elder might worth not a dime, but his words are like a light that displace darkness on the path of a lad.

EXPLANATION AND ADMONITION:

There is a popular saying that, 'experience is the best teacher'. Another one says, 'if a young person has cloths like elders, he can't have rags like elders'. It's therefore certain that experience of elders are a major key to guiding the steps of younger generations.

As a youth, you must strongly recognize the fact that your parents are your first counselors, and obedience to them is not negotiable at any point in time. Other people in this category include but not limited to, teachers, ministers of GOD, the aged, and so on. Take to relevant advices from them, and these would be a light to your path, especially at crucial times in life.

ADVANTAGES OF REGARDING ELDER'S ADVICE:

(i) It broadens your wisdom: When you listen to elders, you tap more wisdom from them, and you will become wiser indeed.

(ii) It enables you to receive more from elders: Nobody likes a disrespectful person, and elderly people are not excluded. The more you are respectful and depend on them for advice, the more interest they have in you. To them, it means you are humble and ready to learn.

(iii) It makes you more relevant to others: When you feel 'the mouth of an elder is smelling', in many culture, it means you are arrogant. The Society would see you as such, and this will cause you to lose respect from others. But when you value the words of elders, you get the values attached to it.

(iv) Longevity of life: The Bible says we should respect our parents so that we can live long on earth. One of the ways of doing this is to obey them, and never regard their utterances as rubbish.

(v) It helps in displacing confusion: When you are confused and it seems every road is blocked, a wise word from an elder may open up the road. Seek them, and you shall find them.

SCRIPTURAL POINTER:

Deuteronomy 5:16, KJV

"Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."

CONCLUSION:

It's a general norm agreeing that voices of elders are golden, and whoever sees it as such and follows it appropriately, and also genuinely, would be a beneficiary of the accompanied rewards.

Odunayo Ogunmodede,

isaacodunayo35@gmail.com, 07033504020