๐ฃ๐๐ฎ๐น๐บ ๐ณ๐ญ:๐ญ๐ด ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐บ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ, ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ.
The old are discarded. That is nothing new. They are disregarded. Though they tell stories of their adventures, itโs presumed that they are either delusional or exaggerating. And sometimes they ARE. Their view of the world is assumed to be as the world was, not as it is. And sometimes their perspective IS dated like that.
It is easy, then, for an old person to think God has also cast him/her aside as yesterdayโs news and an artifact only of how things were. That person can grow to expect only impoverishment of spirit and death. The slow descent into bodily decline can be seen to mirror one in the spirit. โNot so!โ says the psalmist.
The lessons learned and experiences had are of vital importance to the next generation, without exception. The verse says nothing about the reception the declaration of Godโs power will be received by those who are younger โ and the old person will do well to consider how s/he received the same testimony. The acts of God among the lives of humans is BEST passed on by eyewitnesses, as it is an ongoing narrative for those of any age who believe.
๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด:
Stories may be dismissed as hyperbole and myth. If youโre old and have seen, tell them anyway. The speaker may be maligned and humiliated due to ageism and prejudice. Godโs stories find their way across the generations nonetheless.
Nor is the immediate response of the younger listeners a gauge as to net effect of the testimony of the old. It never was. Nor is the complete embracing of all that is said, for it is only Godโs Word that doesnโt return void, not the word of humans. As the trustworthy statement goes – โGod has no grandchildrenโ. Faith is not passed on via DNA. God will touch whom he will; be in prayer that he amplifies the word of your testimony, O veteran of spiritual warfare. God has not abandoned you, donโt you abandon his work in you.
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