Prayer: Dear God, having you in the center of our hearts keeps our lives level. May we find our righteousness keeping you in the middle. Amen
Reading: Amos 7: 7-15 (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: “That person is half a bubble off plumb.” is not a nice thing to say but funny if said in jest with no unkindness. No one is perfect, after all. However, I don’t think God was joking around when he said, “See, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never pass them by; the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.” (Amos 7: 8b, 9) So, if plumb lines are used to make sure a wall is built in a straight line, God’s plumb line shows whether Israel had been living according to perfect righteousness. And the verses 8 and 9 don’t sound nice; definitely not so funny. Feeling a half a bubble off plumb? What needs to be straightened out or leveled off in your life? Keeping in mind we are saved by grace (and that is not our own doing), it may still help to hold a plumb line once in awhile. Get that bubble back in the middle. Get God back in the center of your heart. --Ruth Gates
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