Daniel repented for his own actions and those of all God’s people hither and yon:
Daniel 9:4-5 (MEV)
Alas, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping His covenant and mercy to those who love Him, and to those who keep His commandments. We have sinned and have committed iniquity and have done wickedly and have rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and from Your judgments.
Lent is a good time for some after-the-fact thinking about our community, our congregation and our nation. Do we — individually and collectively — need a change of heart?
Good morning, Lord. Teach me to judge my actions not by group consensus, but by Your Word. When “everybody’s doing it,” it is easy to think we are all right. And yet, O God, we can be all wrong. Forgive us our groupthink and show us the right way. Direct our paths, in Jesus’ name.
