Wade Poe

A few years back, "yo mama" jokes were very popular.  You had to be careful to make sure you told them in a clear, joking way so people didn't think you were actually talking about their mom. There was and still is a sense that if you talk about someone's mom or other relative or friend, that you're inviting trouble.  With some, if you insult or talk about their mom, they are considered fighting words. I remember witnessing a few interactions where a person felt their mom/relative was being talked about and they said they were ready to commit violence against the person who did the talking. Why?  Because you don't talk about someone's mom.  Why not?  Because in their world, mom is untouchable.  If you speak poorly of their mom, you're speaking against all they hold near and dear. Even if you told something that was true about someone's mom, if it made them look bad, you could be inviting a great deal of conflict. There's something deep about so...

You don't get to choose to be born or who you are born to.   It's one of the things in life that some people wonder about at some point.   We compare.  We imagine other paths we could have taken or could have been given.  We wonder. "Why was I born poor?"  Or vice versa. "Why was I born into this family?" "Why did I get this body?" "Why didn't I get the kind of life that is so appealing to me?" And the list can go on. __________ There's a place in scripture where we're told to "honor your father and mother so that things will go well with you and so you may live a long life". People have discussed what that means for a long time.   Is it a practical thing?  Does it mean that if you honor them, you'll do well because they've likely trained you and know the paths you should take that are best for where and when you exist?   That's probably part of it. Is it a threat from God that if you don't "hono...