Honor

I was at a retreat this past weekend where the theme was "Empowering a Generation." You may have heard the statistics about how, historically, revivals are typcially not evident in the third generation. The speaker at the retreat talked about how if a "culture of honor" is not built, revival will not pass to the next generation. Essentially, if we do not honor (see value in) each other, the connection to the next generation will be hindered. This gave me a slightly different perspective. People can become disengaged when their gifts and abilities are overlooked or undeveloped by ones in authority. Most of the time we are taught that honor is to be directed toward people in authority (as it should be), but it goes both ways. For example, when you encourage or compliment someone they typically will respond in a similar way, and the tone is set. It is much more enjoyable to work with/learn from someone who recognizes you as a valuable person. Maybe if we see each other as God sees us...