Prayer: Dear God, thank you for always being with us and for feeding us for the journey. Amen
Reading: I Kings 19: 4-8 (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: Elijah, to get away from Jezebel, fled a day’s journey into the wilderness and sat down under a tree. He cried out to God because, even though he was on his own, he knew he was not really alone. Then he fell asleep. An angel came and fed him for the journey ahead. How far do we try to distance ourselves from our worries and fears? Often much further or longer away than a day. Sometimes we cope by checking out with more that just sleep. Do we cry out to God? Do we remember we are not alone? I recently saw a cartoon parody of the Footprints in the Sand story. In it God points and explains, “My child, I never left you. Those places with one set of footprints? It was then that I carried you. That long groove over there is when I dragged you for awhile. One time I hid you in that little sand hole while I got a hotdog.” If God were talking to Elijah in that cartoon, the hotdog was for him. And the hotdog is for you. --Ruth Gates
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