I am an emeritus professor from Cornell University and was a Commissioned Lay Preacher in the Presbyterian Church (USA). For many years I have followed the Daily Lectionary as printed in the Mission Yearbook of my church. For each day of a two-year cycle, the lectionary lists four psalms and three other scriptural passages--usually one from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament. My practice is to copy down a verse or two from one of the psalms and from each of the other three passages. After I have written out all four selections, I reflect upon them, rearrange their order, and incorporate them into a meditation. Sometimes I retain much of the original wording; sometimes all that remains of a selection is an idea that was stimulated when I read the original words. All selections are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. For the Daily Lectionary, see the link below.

Give Us Steadfast Hearts--Oct. 26, 2014


Where two are three are gathered in your name,
Lord Jesus, you are there among them.
You are steadfast in your love for us;
why should we flee from your presence?
Make our hearts steadfast, so that we
seek not our own advantage, but
that of the other.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 108; 150; 66; 23
Jonah 1:1-17a
1 Cor. 10:15-24
Matt. 18:15-20

Selected Verses
Ps. 108:1
 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;
          I will sing and make melody.
          Awake, my soul! 

Jonah 1:3a
But Jonah set out to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. 

1 Cor. 10:24
Do not seek your own advantage, but that of the other.

Matt. 18:15
"If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone.  If the member listens to you, you have regained that one.  …"  [Jesus to his disciples]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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