"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise: that it may be
well with you and you may live long on the earth." (Eph. 6:2-3)
A man stopped at the flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lived 200
miles away. As he got out of his car he noticed a girl sitting on the curb sobbing. He asked her
what was wrong and she replied, "I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have 75
cents and a rose costs $2." The man smiled and said, "Come on in with me. I will buy you a rose
for your mother." He placed his FTD order of flowers to his mother and bought a rose for the
girl. As they were leaving he offered the girl a ride. She responded, "Yes, please, if you could.
Take me to my mother," and she directed him to a cemetery where she placed the rose on a
freshly dug grave. The man returned to the flower shop, canceled the wire order, picked up the
flowers and drove the 200 miles to his mother's home.
Let us honor our parents.