Prayer: Dear Lord, help us to live in a way that shows your love in our heart and see every part of creation with eyes like yours. Amen.
Reading: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 (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: In this passage Samuel chooses David to be anointed as king, and in verse seven Samuel mentions what the Lord would look for in a king. I chose this passage today because my favorite biblical and religious studies professor, Dr. Bibza, mentioned this passage to my freshman Old Testament class during my first week of undergrad. He briefly brought it up as a piece of advice as to where we should focus our hearts as we began college. His advice really stuck with me and since that class I have had a small notecard taped to my mirror with a portion of that verse written on it, “The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” It serves a good reminder when I start my day in front of my mirror, not only to keep in perspective that the Lord does not value my outward appearance as the world does, but also not judge to a person by their appearance! Ask yourself, “does this reflect well on who made my heart?” and “do I see others for who they are, a child of God?” --Anne Harshbarger
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