Prayer: Lord, we praise you, trust in your faithfulness and celebrate your goodness. Make our garden grow. Amen
Reading: Psalm 22: 23-31 (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: A friend just moved from a house with yard and garden to an apartment. Now she has an herb garden on her windowsill. Come spring perhaps she’ll grow some tomato plants out on a patio or balcony. We all face inconveniences, adjustments, challenges. Some are a lot more severe than trying to grow herbs. Psalm 22 is titled A Plea for Deliverance from Suffering and Hostility. However, our reading starts at verse 23 after the Psalmist has given details of the suffering and hostility and the plea for deliverance. So, to fill that part in, perhaps think about your own troubles. Take some time. Make a list. The Psalmist went on for over 20 verses. Then, what is your plea? There the Psalmist kept it short. Come. Deliver. Save. Now to the rest of the Psalm from verse 23 to the end; the part we read for today. It begins with the words, You who fear the LORD, praise him! (v. 23) and continues for eight more verses of trust in God’s faithfulness and celebration of God’s goodness. Back to my friend’s garden. A new home brings changes and challenges. The list can be long but what is needed is short. Adjust. Then with joy and hope, celebrate what is and some tasty herbs, too. Make our garden grow. --Alice Yeakel
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