Prayer: Generous God, may we recognize in what we have your blessing and care and be grateful before we look for more. Amen.
Reading: Numbers 21:4-9 (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: It is awful to watch someone you care about lose the admiration and love of family and friends as they turn away from the blessings they no longer recognize. Out of boredom or dissatisfaction, they give up stability and constancy for momentary gratification. Sadly, the exciting adventure fantasized is rarely sustained. Instead, pain, loss, regret, and shame result. By then, perhaps boredom would be a welcomed extravagance. When I read this passage today, I wonder how badly it must have broken Moses’s heart to see such sin. He must have been angry and disappointed at this rejection of the gifts God gave to His people. Yet he prays, for their salvation and forgiveness. God grants both, but with a stinging reminder for all to face. Ouch. If only they could have seen the richness in what they had. --Heather LeBlanc
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