Prayer: Gracious God, you remind us that we are loved, and we are forever grateful. You also remind us that your love is not just for one, but for all. Send us to share your love today. Amen (from the Moravian Daily Texts 2020 - Sunday, March 8)
Reading: John 3: 1-17 (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: How well we know these words. For God so loved the world. Still, it is good to be surprisingly reminded of them now and then. As I started reading the text from John 3 for today, I wasn't thinking ahead to what would be in verses 1-17 . Obviously John 3: 1-17 would contain that so familiar verse of God so loving us. Yet, they took me by surprise as I came upon the words right there under my nose. I looked up with love. I had a long drive to PA today and along the way I heard a song twice that caught my attention - Underdog by Alicia Keys. It speaks of: One conversation, a single moment The things that change us if we notice When we look up, sometimes .... This goes out to the underdog Keep on keeping at what you love You'll find that someday soon enough You will rise up, rise up, yeah I hope you hear the song sometime. Google it to listen. Google the lyrics to read the short stories of conversations, moments, things that change us...if we notice...if we look up. Look up with love. God so loved the world. How will you share God's love today? -- Ruth Gates
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