You got me when I was an unformed youth,
God, and taught me everything I know.
Now I’m telling the world your wonders;
I’ll keep at it until I’m old and gray.
LUKE 2:29-31 (CEV)
Simeon said,
"Lord, I am your servant,
and now I can die in peace,
because you have kept
your promise to me.
With my own eyes I have seen
what you have done
to save your people,
and foreign nations
will also see this."
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Even the old folk are witnesses to God's faithfulness.
PRAYER
Lord, thank you for the faithful witness of old people -- people who have been acknowledging you year after year. Forgive me for my ageist thinking which assigns significance only to youthfulness. I aspire to be a faithful witness of your faithfulness until I'm old and gray. Help me to be that. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.
