Prayer: Lord, help me trust you even in the midst of the earth’s climate crisis.
Reading: Psalm 46 (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: Sometimes I get frustrated, frightened, discouraged and the future seems hopeless. The future of life on this planet is in our hands, and I’m not sure we’re doing a very good job. In fact, sometimes it seems to me that we are doing an absolutely terrible job. We are in an environmental crisis from which we may not recover. The earth may change, the mountains may shake, tremble and rise, the waters may roar, the icebergs may calf, the floods may recur more and more, the storms may intensify…you got my point. We really must understand that this is God’s creation. We are the stewards. We need to do a better job. Not because the planet is in peril and soon may not support human life, but because it is God’s creation. And the psalm reminds me that God is our refuge and strength. That is encouraging and reminds me to not give up. Gotta go, the truck is loaded with paper, cardboard, aluminum cans, plastic bottles … I need to get to the recycle center. --Jim Bricker
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