We often reprint prior devotions that now reflect on the coming lectionary texts. This is a reprint from a devotion originally published on July 14, 2014.
Prayer: Help us to understand you, Jesus, in a way that makes sense to us. Amen. Reading: Matthew 13: 24- 43 (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: In my years of teaching young adults, often they have questions and don't understand a concept. If I sense that they "just don't get it," I often try to think of an analogy that relates to something that they will understand. I think this is what Jesus was doing in today's reading. He told three different parables and it seems like he told them to the same crowd of people. I bet he was sensing that they didn't understand what he said initially, so he decided to tell them the same lesson in another way. What are some ways that you have done this in your work? How do you think God has sent you different messages over the years so that you'd understand them? --Chad Hershberger
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