Prayer: Dear God, your love lights our world and drives out darkness and fear. May we look to the light - Look to the day! – until our tasks are done. Amen
Reading: John 3: 14-21 (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: Light! We cherish the light. We put a night light in our child’s bedroom. There is a children’s book, “The Underbed”, where mom and her little boy check under the bed with a flashlight to calm his fears. We get the winter “doldrums” in January and February when the days are gray and dreary. I’m reminded of an old gospel hymn, “Jesus! The Light of the World”. More recently there’s a lovely poem set to music both by John Rutter: Look to the light that will drive out darkness; Look to the hope that will conquer fear. God’s strength will uphold us ‘til the fight is won; ‘til we see our task is done. Look to the day! Look to the day! --Alice Yeakel
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