Prayer: Saving God, hold us as we step out into the challenges of life. Our confidence is in you. Thank you for your love always. Amen.
Reading: Matthew 14: 22-33 (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 the 1940’s, polio was the disease that frightened everyone. About four years later the polio vaccine was developed. In those four years I was not allowed to go to the park pool and missed learning how to swim. I was also four years older and too self conscious. Thus I never learned to swim. You might also say I lacked confidence. Peter started walking across the water to meet Jesus and he became frightened. He lost the confidence to continue on and he began to sink. How often we are faced with challenges and are afraid to just take that first step? Or we take the first step and then lose confidence? But we are assured. God is our life preserver. He holds out His loving hand and carries us through the challenging rough waters of our lives. --Alice Yeakel
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