Prayer: Abba, your promises are true, your mercy is great, and your love is abounding. Let us trust in your word and your ways, always and forever. Amen.
Reading: Genesis 9:8-17 (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: Have you ever wondered at the number of “rainbows” to be seen? There are the beautiful arches coloring the sky after a rain shower, to be sure. But that pretty spectrum plays across the soap bubbles in my dish sink, on the roadway in puddles, refracted from mirrors, and across my carpet through crystals I have hung in my window. This symbol of God’s promise abounds, just as his love abounds. God did not promise that life would be without its storms, but he vowed to never again destroy life on earth as punishment for our sin. Generations later, God washed away all sin not with flood or fire but with the loving sacrifice of His only son. The rainbow remains, a thing of beauty and encouragement. Thanks be to God! --Heather LeBlanc
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