Prayer: Forever God, you are from beginning to end. You have been with us all along and always will be. As we go through life and sometimes wonder, may we remember to wait for it. Good is still coming. Amen
Reading: Matthew 24: 14-30 (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: I am not sure when it started, but I remember when the scrolling credits at the end of a movie began to have added bits of storyline, moments of actors off camera or bloopers. Something to keep you in your seats watching until the very end. If you got up to leave, you would miss something good still coming. Nowadays, we come across short videos on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc. Sometimes, to get you to watch to the very end, there will be the words, “Wait for it.” So, watch all the way through. It’s worth it. The best is at the end. Our reading today is of persecutions foretold and desolating sacrilege. Pretty depressing and dire stuff. But, the last two verses are of the coming of the Son of Man. What may seem like endless doom and gloom really isn’t. There is more. There is something good still coming. Wait for it! --Ruth Gates
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Authors
Anyone is welcome to contribute! If you'd like to write for us, please e-mail [email protected] Email
Get our daily devotions delivered to your e-mail box each day by signing up below:
Archives
May 2022
Subscribe |