Prayer: Gracious Giving God we bless your holy name. Thank you for sending a shepherd to watch out for us and to protect us from all sorts of evil. Help us to lean on you more then we lean on ourselves. Help us listen to your calling and follow where you lead us. Amen.
Reading: John 10:1-10 (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: I think that Shepherds have a hard very under appreciated job. Tending for a bunch of animals that just mill around and do whatever they please and go where-ever they want would not be that easy. Just when you think you have them under control another one or two acts out and try to stray. Can you imagine how hard it would be to keep order and keep every sheep safe. Now switch that to humans and Jesus being our shepherd. Wow, how hard is that. Humans have their own minds and like to do their own things. Jesus trying to keep us all protected is no easy task. Hopefully we listen to him as he calls our name. Jesus is the Shepherd who laid down his life for his flock and for that we rejoice. --Charlene Rineer
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