Today, we look at a Day 4 text from this year’s summer curriculum, “From Generation to Generation.”
Prayer: Help us to stay with you, God, and know that you are with us when things are uncertain. Amen. Reading: Luke 1:26-38, 46-55 (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: A good friend of mine is pregnant. Pregnant in the midst of the coronavirus and oh, did I mention she is a doctor. Pregnancy is an uncertain time but add to it the uncertainty and medical scariness right now and I feel for her. Mary was very likely a young, unmarried teenager when an angel told her she would have a baby, God’s son, and name him Jesus. I’m sure she had some of those same uncertain feelings. Then, having to travel to Bethlehem, not finding a hotel, strange visitors coming right after the birth; I’m sure she had some emotional outbursts! But, nothing is impossible with God. God is with us, even in seemingly impossible situations. God was with Mary, and God will be with us now. Hold fast to God’s promises in these times! --Chad Hershberger
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