Prayer: Dear God, you provide us with all need. We just need to watch. And when we watch we see so much for which to be thankful - Thanksgiving Day today and everyday. Amen
Reading: Mark 13: 24-37 (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: Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, it is Thanksgiving Day 2020. You may be looking around and not seeing what or maybe more importantly WHO you would normally see. You are looking for more. More. You are looking for what you thought would be but it’s not. It’s not. But keep looking. Watch! Remember: From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. Mark 13: 28 Watch! Something IS coming. For those watching the fig tree, it was summer. For us this Thanksgiving it may be a time when all can be together again. And while you watch, remember this too: Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Mark 13: 30 We can all be thankful for that! Truly thankful. --Ruth Gates
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