Prayer: God, my shepherd: find me when I’m lost. Let me into the fold of your loving arms. Care for me. Protect me. Never let me go. Amen
Reading: Ezekiel 34:11-16 (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: Just as I finished reading this passage, my current Spotify station launched “Someone to Watch Over Me,” one of my favorite songs. Usually romantic in sentiment, I instead listened closely to the words while considering this promise from Ezekiel. Don’t we all want to be sought after, found, loved for ourselves? The idea that “he” or “He” might not be exactly what we expect, discovered in unforeseen places and situations to where we’ve been scattered, yet fulfill our every need for love, care, completion fits well, too. I think of Jesus’s frequent analogies to earthly relationships: parent and child, lovers, bride and groom, dearest friends. God is all these and more, our creator who will never give up on us and who is always there to provide the love that sustains. --Heather LeBlanc
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