Top X July 9, 2025 Devotional
by David Joynt on July 09, 2025
PROVERBS 22:6 | 6 Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray.
Yesterday we talked about honoring our connections to parents and previous generations of spiritual pioneers, acknowledging the debt we owe to saints, martyrs, and apostles. They founded churches and schools, developed creeds, endured persecution and suffering, and created traditions and patterns of worship, mission and justice-seeking.
There is a self-interest also in practicing “elder care.” Life is a circle, and as we care for our aging parents, we are teaching our children how to value and care for us. Someday we will need their support and love too.
Have you had to care for parents or older relatives? How did it affect you?
Gracious God,
May I keep the fifth command in real and tangible ways. Help me bless the elders in my family and community.
Amen.
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