Prayer: Promised Messiah, you came to teach us love and give us life. May we prepare the way for you to come to us and be ready to live our lives with love. Amen
Reading: Matthew 3: 1-12 (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: Prepare ye the way of the Lord! No one knew. The Old Testament prophets foretold the coming of the Messiah. But no one really knew that on a particular night a baby would be born who was the prophesied Messiah. Today we prepare...for what? November 1st I went shopping at my favorite grocery store. As I entered, bright orange pumpkins lined the front of the store. When I came out about an hour later, they were replaced by green Christmas trees with red bows. What are we preparing for? In the coming weeks we decorate with holly and ivy, pine and spruce. We bake cookies. Some may inflate a Santa Claus on the front lawn. Let us also be ready to give love and joy and kindness. That is the way of the Lord. So prepare ye the way of the Lord! -- Alice Yeakel
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