Prayer: Heavenly Father, we praise you for your goodness and grace. We trust in you and your perfect timing. May we continue to join together in prayer and fellowship through new ways, to grow closer to each other and to you in a time when we need it most, and always. Amen.
Reading: Acts 1:6-14 (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: Timing can be frustrating, especially for those lacking ample patience. I am guilty of that, for sure. In this passage, the disciples are wondering when Jesus will restore the Kingdom. This is an extremely valid question! Aren’t we all curious about this?! But Jesus reassures them that they do not need to know the time, only our Heavenly father knows, and His timing is perfect. Timing is a human concept, perhaps created to mark process, and it is something that feels different for everyone in different seasons and storms of life. But what comes at the end of the passage is what we can do in all times and seasons – the disciples all joined together constantly in prayer. Normally for me, time seems to fly when I am busy. Either busy with activities, friends, and schoolwork, or at camp busy playing games, worshipping, singing, and planning for the next programs. Right now, with many of those things restricted to protect us all from COVID-19, many of us are at home without work, working from home, or only going to work without the opportunity to gather together outside of our homes. And I don’t know about you, but time oddly seems to be flying for me in this pause. No matter what this time feels like for you, know that God’s timing is perfect, and that He has plans for Jesus to come back and restore His kingdom. Now is when we are called to join together (across the miles) in new ways. Through a phone chain, a text message, a letter, or a video call. We can still all join together in prayer, to prayerfully abide in God’s timing. --Anne Harshbarger
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