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.

October 19, 2007

2007 October 19

I. Readings
Psalms 32, 130, 139
Jeremiah 38:14-28
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Matthew 11:1-6

II. Selections
Psalm 139:7
Where can I go from your spirit?
Or where can I flee from your presence?

Jeremiah 38:14b
The king said to Jeremiah, "I have something to ask you; do not hide anything from me."

1 Corinthians 15:3
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures ...

Matthew 11:2-3
When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?"

III. Meditation: Something to ask you

We cannot escape you
or flee from your presence,
so we have something to ask you:
Is Jesus the one we have been seeking?
And what does Paul mean when he claims
that Christ died for our sins?

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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