Prayer: O God, defend the poor, deliver the needy and crush the oppressor. May your glory fill the earth. Amen and Amen
Reading: Psalm 72: 1-7, 18-19 (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: Ask anyone in my family and they will tell you I do not deal well with competitive sports. Lop-sided scores make me feel bad for the losing team. Close scores have me so on the edge of my seat I sometimes have to leave. Everyone tries to explain there will always be winners and losers. I get that. I also get very attached to what I think the players may be feeling. In the end I hope the wins are affirming and the losses not devastating. But in the case of our Psalm 72, I am all for defending the poor, delivering the needy and crushing the oppressor. (v. 4) That I will cheer for always. Sometimes it seems the situation is lop-sided; sometimes it's close and hard to tell if justice will come out on top. But life is not a game. All will sing verses 18-19: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. Blessed be his glorious name forever; may his glory fill the whole earth. Amen and Amen. -- Ruth Gates
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