Prayer: Gracious and loving God – thank you. I am not worthy or righteous but through you I am justified and forgiven. Help me be loving and accepting of all, just as you are. Amen.
Reading: Romans 3: 19-28 (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: We are justified by grace through faith. That is quite a mouth full. As I look at the scripture, I see themes of everyone being equal and that we all fall short and sin. We all are under the law and none of us are perfect. God, through Jesus, has saved us all. It is a gift for everyone. Some chose to believe it, and others do not. It is not our place to say someone is unworthy of it because no one is worthy of God’s grace. It is a gift. We cannot do anything to gain God’s love and we cannot do anything to lose God’s love. We are to live our lives as loving beings because God first loved us. --Charlene Rineer
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