Today, we look at a Day 3 text from this year’s summer curriculum, “From Generation to Generation.”
Prayer: Help us, Lord, to rejoice with you on the mountains and in the valleys. Amen. Reading: Matthew 5:1-11 (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: This passage is a part of our summer curriculum for 2020, and this passage also gives us some great imagery for how we can share this at campers while in creation: (v.1) “Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on the mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them.” The beatitudes start on verse 3 of this passage with: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” And then continues with many “Blessed are’s” – so rest assured that YOU truly are blessed! Blessed are we in this time of uncertainty. Social distancing, quarantine…all very new things for us, but we must try our best to remain centered on why we are still so blessed (I say we because this is something I am constantly reminding myself). If you read on to verse 12 it says, “Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven…” We still have SO many reasons to rejoice and be glad. Rejoice and be glad because our Father in heaven is never distant. Other reasons to rejoice and be glad:
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