Occasionally, we will reprint prior devotions that now reflect on the coming lectionary texts. This is a reprint from a devotion originally published on February 20, 2014.
Prayer: Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight. Amen. Reading: Psalm 119:33-40 (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: Psalm 119 is a big long, love poem about God's law, or in other words, God's written instructions. Well, that sure is a good thing as life is full of uncertainties and I am all for instructions. God has given us a reliable guide for living; a rope to hold onto to pull us through the muck of life. So, with the Psalmist we ask the Lord to teach us God's decrees. We should not see God’s law as a dusty, rigid rulebook but rather we can hear God’s loving voice in it. In God's Word we find direction and we find God himself. His law helps us regain confidence. I will think about this as I walk the paths of Camp Mount Luther this summer during Family Camp. Come to Camp and walk some paths yourself! May you find God; may you find delight. --Ruth Gates
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