Parents are great. Also foster parents, grandparents, and general-looking-after-figures. Any elder who gave their time, effort (and, usually, vast amounts of money) to help to give you the best start they could, is massively worthy of our love and attention.
Actually, the latter there might be quite important. Sure we *love* our parental and grandparental figures… but… do they know that? Taking those loving provider-people for granted is, unfortunately, far too easy to do. That’s maybe why God is quite so keen on us making the effort to ‘honour’ them. It’s even one of God’s 10 commandments (Exodus 20:12)… 1 Peter 5:5 (NIV) says, ‘You who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble.”’ Always got a quick-mouth response for someone God says you should be honouring? Got an older family-member in hospital, a care home, or just living on their own? You may not realise just how much they treasure you taking an hour to see them. Or a parent who’s so busy providing for you that they’ve bags under their eyes? Asking what you can do to help might make their month.
Truth is, most of us are really busy. Even those of us who use our ‘busy’-ness doing things for other people, can have a blind spot when it comes to our own elders. And yet, God thinks of it as *so* important. So, gulp, do they know that you appreciate them?

What Now?
It’s Sunday. You might just have an opportunity this afternoon to spend some time with a parent or grandparent. (Or call, if you’re actually too far away. We’ll allow that.)