Prayer: O LORD, your steadfast love is forever and your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens. May we rest in that and stand firmly as we declare your praise. Amen
Reading: Psalm 89: 1-4, 19-26 (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: Firm as the heavens? I had to think about that. I don’t think of the heavens as firm. I look up and see endless sky, sun, clouds, stars and planets – which are solid, sure, but with millions of light years of vast empty space between them. Am I missing something here? Perhaps I am being too literal. The promise is simply, God’s love is steadfast and forever. Therefore, all that is God’s is firm, including the heavens. I imagine when the multitude of the heavenly host appeared along with the angel praising God, the shepherds weren’t asking, “Hey, what are you all standing on up there?” Maybe because the angel had already told them, “Do not be afraid.” They just went with it. Eyes and ears open ready for a message of love that is firm. The point is, as firm as we know the ground is that we stand on, the heavens are firm in the sense they are part of God’s creation and love for us. The heavens are real and we can believe that…firmly. --Ruth Gates
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