Prayer: Dear God, you are with us when we are safe in shelter and when exposed in the open. May we be faithful and trusting; always doing right and speaking truth from the heart. Amen
Reading: Psalm 15 (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 Psalmist asks who may abide in the tent of the Lord or dwell on the Lord's holy hill? Those who walk blamelessly, do what is right and speak truth from the heart. They shall never be moved. A tent is shelter but still rather flimsy. A holy hill is special indeed but exposed nonetheless. Still, these are places to be...with the Lord. And that makes the difference. Maybe it also means there are times when we can be private in our walk of faith as if in a tent and unseen. And other times when we need to do and and speak in the open as if on a hill for all to see and hear. Either way, the Lord is with us. And that makes the difference. Wherever you are today, do these things and you will not be moved. -- Ruth Gates
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