Prayer: One thing I ask(ed) of the, LORD, that I will seek after: to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. (Psalm 27: 4) Amen
Reading: Psalm 27: 1, 4-10 (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: My group of friends has come across a new game called Match-O-Rama. The object of the game is to write down the answer to a question and hope it matches the answer of another person around the circle. If you think your anwer will match the answer of the person right next to you and it turns out it does, 5 points! If you are not so sure, you can go for matching someone two, three, four or five people but you'll receive fewer points the further out you go. The question was, "If you were stranded on a deserted island, what is one thing you would want to have with you?" The answers ranged from an umbrella to a friend to sunscreen to fresh water to a boat to a volleyball named Wilson. I don't think anyone matched another person around the circle. We agreed a boat was the smart answer. We all laughed and cried out, "Wilson!" in our best Castaway Tom Hanks impersonations. Then someone remembered how good it would be to find a Genie in a bottle who would grant three wishes. And we all know the first wish should be, "I wish for a thousand wishes." The Psalmist asked one thing: to live in the house of the LORD. To constantly return to God's house helps to sustain the relationship with God and show that this is the central relationship in one's life. Who or what do you seek in your life? -- Ruth Gates
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