Prayer: Creator God, you cater to our every need. I especially thank you today for the food I eat and for the many hands that get it from the earth to my plate. May I savor its flavor. May I see the opportunities, too, that food provides for serving You. Amen.
Reading: Psalm 78: 23-29 (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: Food, in most church traditions, symbolizes the faith, fellowship, and sustenance God grants through His work on earth. The Old Testament is full of stories when God fed His people through His prophets. The New reminds us to feed the poor and share our bounty. Jesus spent his ministry eating with those He taught, and of course, the Last Supper provided sacramental communion with Him, through Him. We honor and remember God when we give thanks before our meals for the food we eat and the hands that prepare it. Earlier this month, I spent another wonderful four days at Family Camp. Perhaps that is why this psalm resonates so well with me. Through its imagery, I am thinking with gratitude of the people and place that so nourish our family with every visit. Toni is Mount Luther’s very own manna maker. She thoughtfully prepares every meal and snack to include foods she knows the campers and staff especially like. No one goes hungry; Toni always makes enough that there are seconds for those who want them. (And many would call her baked French toast the bread of angels, ha ha!) God works through Toni, giving us not only what we crave, but what we need. Family Camp is like a four-day banquet, sending us forth with full bellies and happy tongues, ready to serve God with thanks and joy! --Heather LeBlanc
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