Prayer: Loving God, help me to notice when You come and do not keep silent. Help me notice your love, listen to your Word, and feel your peace in my soul. Amen.
Reading: Psalm 50: 1-8, 22-23 (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: Every so often, (and by “every so often,” I mean…at least once a day), my children have to work to grab my attention. Maybe I’m working on something. Maybe I’m looking at my phone. Maybe I’m talking to someone. But whatever it is that those sweet cherubic faces have to say seems to be urgent. Absolutely and totally vital to my entire existence. Pressing. Critical. Deeply important. And most of the time it’s just to show me a craft project. Or a dance move. But if I don’t respond right away, I start to hear them call me. “Mom. Mom. MOM. MOM! MOMMMMM!” Sometimes there is poking included in this little monologue. You have a mental picture, don’t you? And so when I read in Psalm 50:3, “Our God comes and does not keep silence,” I feel like I have a pretty specific idea of how that might sound. (In fact, sometimes I wonder if God isn’t working through my children’s voices to get my attention.). Sometimes God showing up and not keeping silent is so obvious. A conversation with a friend that makes us feel lifted up and loved. A moment of quiet that helps us rejuvenate. A spectacular sunset that displays the artistry of our God. But sometimes we’re not so sure that God has come. And we need to hear it over and over. God nudges us and pokes and calls and we need to hear our name in all capital letters with several exclamation marks in order to finally hear that God has been trying to capture our attention. Maybe you’ve noticed some kind of repetition lately. A reminder of a friend that you haven’t spoken to in a long time. A report on the news that puts an ache in your heart. An interruption in your day that requires you to stop and look around. That might be the Spirit of our God coming and not keeping silent. God’s love has been all around you in this day. Have you stopped and noticed that God’s love is not keeping silent? --Sarah Hershberger
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