It is possible for everyone enlightened by the revelation of Christian Science to enjoy health, happiness, and length of days, through obedience to the Ten Commandments. Hence the fifth one, "Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee" (Ex. 20:12), is indeed a practical rule for harmony and therefore a commandment with promise.
While it is generally thought of as requiring a proper appreciation of human parents and one's relationship to them, there is great value if one considers it as also applying to our relationship to God, the divine Father-Mother. Such elevation of thought makes honoring human parents a natural result of a grateful heart.
Every student of Christian Science endeavors prayerfully to understand God and to prove individually the perfection of his own true, spiritual selfhood as God's reflection. Christ Jesus has given to us the most proficient way to meet this requirement: to attribute all power to God.
