In fact, they didn't even get started. When Mother came home and saw the kitchen, she put on her apron and went to the sink. She spoke only three words, which stung worse than the sting of a dozen hornets. That day I resolved that I would never give my mother cause to repeat those words to me again. Our honor should make us honest in all we do.
Some youths fail to honor debts to their parents.
That contains an implied promise to repay the debt, but the promise is made so casually that it is forgotten as it is spoken. We must be careful of the misuse of credit. The use of credit cards in many places has increased consumer debt to staggering proportions. 9 Contemporary society rushes headlong to accumulate the material goods of this world. This leads many to think they can alter the law of the harvest, reaping rewards without paying the price of honest toil and effort.