Prayer: Dear God, thank you for shining your light in our hearts. May we shine your light out into the world. Amen
Reading: 2 Corinthians 4: 3-6 (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: There are so many fun verses to the Sunday School song, “This Little Light of Mine”. It is also a hymn in the Lutheran Book of Worship using a tune that may or may not be the one most familiar to you. And fewer verses. Namely missing the ones about “Hide it under a bushel? No!” and “Won’t let Satan (whhfff-blow) it out!” The one in the hymnal has a verse that goes, “Jesus gave it to me, I’m gonna let it shine!” Our three verses from 2 Corinthians 4 make that point. That light I’m shining? Jesus gave it to me. Yes, we are to let our lights shine. Don’t hide them. Don’t let anything snuff them out. Also, do know that it isn’t really you shining. Jesus gave it to you. The light came from God and it goes out with love. When a day seem dark or you don’t feel rather dull, know you can still shine with love. Let your light shine. --Ruth Gates
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