National Repentance-Disregarding the Elderly

Lord God, we repent of disregarding the elderly and violating Your command to honor our father and mother. 

We repent because of what it means on the human scale to devalue the wisdom and sacrifice of prior generations, and also as a reflection of disregard for You as our Father, and Jesus’ sacrifice which was necessary to redeem us from sin. 

Forgive us for considering as primary the utility of the elderly to society and not considering the Image in which they were made. Help us to love and serve them while You give them the breath of life and to see end of life issues as You do. May we witness Your goodness to them, Your grace which saves them and heals them, and to cherish them while there is yet life. 

We repent, Lord, of failing to do these things.

Hear our cry, O Lord.  Be merciful to us for You are a God of mercy.  Amen.

We will return to Good News Worth Sharing
after this interlude of national confession and repentance.
God laid this upon my heart for a world in desperate need of repentance.
Like the Israelites of Nehemiah’s day, we must return to God,
confess our sins both individual and community,
and be willing to fall upon His mercy because He is a merciful God.