Prayer: Awesome God, your word is written for us to read often and know. May we always keep them always. Amen Reading: Job 19: 23-27a (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: O that my words were written down! O that they were inscribed in a book! Oh that with an iron pen and with lead they were engraved on a rock forever! For I know that my Redeemer lives. Job 19: 23-25a On the Ocean City, NJ boardwalk, there is a shop full of painted signs with whimsical and/or wise sayings like "Live, Laugh, Love", "Welcome to Our Porch", "All Because Two People Fell in Love". Browsing can be so much fun as you smile, nod your head, try to commit one to memory, jot down on a scrap piece of paper or just go ahead and buy because this is something you would like to read. Often. Always. Know. Job was so sure his Redeemer lives he felt his words should be written down, inscribed in a book or engraved in a rock forever. I happened to stay in Oak Cottage at Camp Mount Luther recently and noticed a sign on the fireplace mantel - "Our God is an Awesome God". Anyone who comes to Camp knows that. Not just by the sign. We sing those words in a familiar, favorite song. Often. Always. Know. What words would you like to be reminded of often and always? Write them down. Put them somewhere to be seen and to know just as Job knew his Redeemer lives. And sing a camp song, too. -- Ruth Gates
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