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.

July 16, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 5, 29, 82
1 Samuel 18:5-30
Acts 11:19-30
Mark 1:29-45

II. Selections
Psalm 29:4
The voice of the LORD is powerful;
the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

1 Samuel 18:12
Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul.

Acts 11:24
...for [ Barnabas] was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were brought to the Lord.

Mark 1:34
And [ Jesus] cured many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

III. Meditation: God of powerful voice

O God of powerful voice,
voice full of majesty,
do not depart from us.

Fill us with Holy Spirit,
fill us with faith,
that we may bring others to you.

Cure them of disease,
cast out demons,
and do not let the demons speak.

God of powerful voice,
grant that we may hear your voice
and not the voice of demons.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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