Prayer: Thanks for being faithful, Lord.
Reading: Psalm 17: 1-9 (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: Did you, like me, have to read this Psalm several times? I hear the testimony of a braggard. Don’t you? The psalmist, by justifying himself, figures that God will just have to grant his request. Doesn’t sound too Lutheran, does it? But, no matter how we present ourselves to God, God is faithful to us. Maybe we think too highly of ourselves, maybe we put ourselves forward, maybe we don’t even know how to be humble before our God. Don’t worry about it. Just trust that God guards you as the apple of her eye, and hides you in the shadow of his wings. --Jim Bricker
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