Prayer: Creator God, we praise you for all you have given us. We thank you for the wonderful mountains and seas. We marvel at the beautiful sunrises and sunsets. We delight in the many animals and variety of plants. We find rest and peace in your great creation. May we care for and treasure the earth always. AMEN
Reading: Psalm 24 (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: Psalms were written for many different purposes. Psalms were written to honor creation, to lament and cry out to God, and to give God praises. This Psalm was said to have been written for an entrance song going into the temple. A few of the spots you see the word SELAH. Those spots were for musical interludes. No words were sung, and the musicians would just play their instruments. It was a time for those around to ponder the words of the prayer that they had sung. It was a reflective moment. It is more of a silent time to just be. Silent times are sometimes hard. We like to fill in the empty spaces with words. Those times of silence in worship can seem awkward if you are not use to them. I encourage you to find some silent time in your week so you can just sit and reflect on God’s wonderful creation and all that God has given you. --Charlene Rineer
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