Prayer: Dear God, our eyes are watching for your coming. Our hearts are ready to see you and share your love. Amen.
Reading: Matthew 24: 36-44 (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: Watch. Be ready. Stay awake. This devotion will post Thanksgiving Day. Stay awake late prepping days ahead. Be ready for guests. Watchfully keep an eye on the turkey roasting. A pep talk for the holiday season which is just beginning and the weeks ahead will be more of the same. The text today, however, will be read the Sunday after Thanksgiving which is the first Sunday of Advent and that is what watch, be ready and stay awake is really about. It is about Christ coming. Advent is our time to do that. But it still is a given amount of time with an end in sight. Christmas We need to watch, be ready and stay awake beyond that because, really, Christ comes at an unexpected time. Christ will come at an unexpected time. Sometimes if I don't finish my lunch at work, as I walk to the bus I have an apple if approached and asked for food. It happens. I am ready. Watch with your heart to see Christ in others. Stay awake to the unexpected ways to share God's love. -- Ruth Gates
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