Prayer: Caring, loving God, you showed us how to care for each other in Jesus’s example. Help me to see the opportunities you set before me to do your will and teach others in my care of your love. Help me be an example to them, for you. Amen.
Reading: Mark 6: 30-34 and 53-56 (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: I was an at home mother for almost twenty years. At various times while we lived near my husband’s family, I was caring for my stepson, his stepsister, our three kids, my niece, and even my nephew if he was sick from preschool. Even though I loved taking care of all these wonderful children – and I really did love it – there were times I was so exhausted I didn’t think I could string two sentences together. And then someone would want a book to be read, or have a really important question, or just need something that had to be talked out. And how could I refuse? As I write this, I think how two of those kids I raised are counselors at Camp Mount Luther this summer. They are going to be hot, tired, and just plumb worn out on days when they can’t wait for “lights out.” But I have every confidence that when a child in their care has a nightmare, or wants to go to the bathroom, or just needs them, my grownup kid is going to be there for them. And that’s God: He’s there for us. Whenever we need Him. I don’t know if God the Father gets tired, but as the human Son, He did. He knows. He understands. But how could He refuse? We are His children and He loves us that much. --Heather LeBlanc
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