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.

June 26, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 30, 86, 123
1 Samuel 6:1-16
Acts 5:27-42
Luke 21:37-22:13

II. Selections
Psalm 30:2
O LORD my God, I cried to you for help,
and you have healed me.

1 Samuel 6:13
Now the people of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they went with rejoicing to meet it.

Acts 5:42
And every day in the temple and at home [ the apostles] did not cease to teach and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah.

Luke 22:10
"Listen," [ Jesus] said to [ Peter and John], "when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house he enters ... "

III. Meditation: Reasons enough

We have cried to you for help,
and you have healed us.

We have bent down to reap wheat
and looked up amazed at your action.

We have followed your directions,
met the man you said would be there.

Why should we not teach and proclaim
the good news that Jesus is the Messiah?

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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