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.

Strong, but Weak Like a Little Child--Nov. 24, 2014


Before you I pour out my heart, O God.
I trust in you--you are my refuge.

Make me strong, to walk in your name,
and to carry the burdens of others.

And make me weak, like a little child,
so that I may enter your kingdom.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 62; 145; 73; 9
Zech. 10:1-12
Gal. 6:1-10
Luke 18:15-30

Selected Verses
Ps. 62:8
Trust in him at all times, O people;
          pour out your heart before him;
          God is a refuge for us. Selah

Zech. 10:12
I will make them strong in the LORD,
     and they shall walk in his name,
                                                  says the LORD.

Gal. 6:2
Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 

Luke 18:17
"…Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it."  [Jesus to his disciples]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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