Prayer: Gracious and Giving God we thank you for the peace you bring us. Thank You for sending Your Son to earth to save us. Thank you for the generations of faithful people who have led the way. May we continue to live in faith and spread your word to further your kingdom. Amen.
Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 (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: As I read this text I had to stop and figure out why it is here in the Advent season. It just does not seem to fit. As it starts with peace in David’s kingdom, I thought it would talk more about the peace that God gives us. When it started talking about building a temple for God and how David was stopped, I was a little confused. Then it went on to talk about David’s kingdom lasting forever. Then I remembered that Jesus is in the lineage of David. The throne of David last’s forever as Jesus is in his family. The Kingdom of God is what is lasting. Then I went back and thought a little bit about the fact that David wanted to build the temple, but how he was stopped. God does not dwell in a temple but in the people. It is like how through this pandemic even though church’s doors were closed that did not mean that the church was closed. The faithful people were and are still doing the work of God out in the world. God’s kingdom is still bringing peace to all. May you find some peace in God at this time, and may you remember that God’s kingdom is forever. --Charlene Rineer
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