Prayer: My God, when like a mother calling out to her child, let me hear your voice and answer quickly and happily. Let me listen. Amen.
Reading: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (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: The other day I was in the toothpaste aisle of Target, when I heard a voice call out: “Marco!” Before I could stop myself, I sang my reply: “Polo!” Chuckles followed amid several apologies; several voices had answered the mother’s call that had been seeking her son by name. When I rounded the endcap to face Marco and mom, we all exchanged sheepish grins, and throughout the store, little Marco received winks and thumbs up from the shoppers who had shared our silly moment. Would that we all could answer so automatically God’s call when it comes! Granted, we’d been confused by who was being called, and it wasn’t even our name. Without a thought, we stopped what we were doing and turned, ready to be found and to respond. But amid all of those replies, I feel certain that mother had singled out her son’s young voice. Surely, he had recognized Mom’s intention, based on the speed with which he’d rejoined her in the moments before I found them. But like with Samuel, God seems to know to call us one-on-one, without distraction, by name. Mary, Moses, Noah, Jonah, Samuel, … and you? Have you listened for God’s voice? Are you ready to call out, without hesitation, joy in your heart, prepared to listen? --Heather LeBlanc
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