Prayer: Help us to hear you, O Lord, and listen to what you are saying. Amen.
Reading: Psalm 81: 1, 10-16 (Click to read text) Stop and GROW: After reading the text, discuss/ponder the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Book of Faith questions, which are part of Camp Mount Luther's GROW Time with campers. QUESTION 1: What scares, confuses, challenges, or doesn’t make sense to me in this text? QUESTION 2: What delights me in this text or is my favorite part of the story? QUESTION 3: What stories or memories does this text stir in me? QUESTION 4: What is God up to in this text? Reflection: I don’t yell at my children too often. But when I do get frustrated and raise my voice, it usually is because they have not listened and done what I’ve asked them to do. Especially when I ask several times and my words are not heeded. Then I get angry and yell. In this passage, there are many times that we see the word, “listen.” I wonder what God feels like when God is telling me something and I don’t heed God’s voice. Does God get angry? Or does God gentle keep telling me so I will hear and listen and do what I am to do? Maybe we all need to listen just a little better! --Chad Hershberger
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