Prayer: Help us to see what happens to us in the light of what good it can do. Amen
Reading: Matthew 5: 38-48 (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: The same sun that melts the wax can harden clay; and the same rain that drowns the rat can grow the hay. and the same wind that knocks us down, if we lean into it, will drive our fears away. ~ from an Amy Grant song Part of the message of the text today is that God makes the sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends the rain to fall on the righteous and on the unrighteous. As children of our Father in heaven, we all get the same. It's a matter of what we do with it. The same sun can melt and harden. The same rain can drown or bring growth. And as the song above goes, the same wind can either knock us down or, if we lean into it, drive our fears away. What will you do with the sun and the rain in your life? Will the winds knock you down or drive your fears away? --Ruth Gates
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