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February 28, 2010

The Country Of Old Age

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READ: Mark 7:1-13

If anyone does not provide for his own, . . . [he] is worse than an unbeliever. —1 Timothy 5:8

In the book Another Country, author Mary Pipher met with people in their seventies, eighties, and nineties who were confronting many different life situations.

“I wanted . . . to understand the country of old age,” Pipher writes. “We are not organized in a way that makes aging easy.” The root problem, she observed, is that young and old have become segregated, to the detriment of both groups.

This social trend is not necessarily intentional. But many people do ignore and shirk their responsibilities for the elderly. In Jesus’ day, the Pharisees found creative ways to avoid their family duties. In Mark 7:9-13, Jesus rebuked their common practice of dedicating their material possessions to God (declaring them as Corban) rather than using their assets to provide for their parents. Their tradition had violated the commandment to honor their father and their mother.

Our children, work, and church activities can pull us in many directions. But that doesn’t excuse us from honoring our aging parents by making provision for their needs, as much as we are able (1 Tim. 5:8). When the time comes for us to enter the country of old age, let’s hope we’ve set the right example for our own children to follow.

Providing for our parents’ needs
With loving words and selfless deeds
Is what the Lord expects of those
Who try to follow where He leads. —Sper

Honoring our parents is learned by example.

Bible in One Year: Numbers 20-22; Mark 7:1-13

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Good Morning

Providing for our parents’ needs
With loving words and selfless deeds
Is what the Lord expects of those
Who try to follow where He leads. —Sper

Thank you, Mayor, for Our Daily Bread today and every day.
Wishing you a blessed Lord's Day

[geologist]

Great scripture verse as always ..

The email of a while back, about the WOODEN BOWL, is a good example of how the aged are treated.

My own take on it is ... the majority of people today do not want to be responsible for anything or anyone, but their own selves. Divorce, abortion, drug addiction, work alcoholics, porn addictions, most criminal activity, murders, etc. Society has become unstructured, selfish anything goes.

Of course there are Christians that live as best they can to believe in God; and still are consumed with the troubles and work of the days. Older people are not regarded for their life wisdom, as it was in the past, and still is important in some cultures.

This is too negative. However, true. MO

HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE LAND. THINGS WILL GO WELL FOR YOU, THAT YOU MAY HAVE LONG LIFE ... PARAPJRASED

GOD HELP US IN OUR DAY, IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.