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.

March 10, 2008

I. Readings
Psalms 6, 119:73-80, 121
Exodus 4:10-31
1 Corinthians 14:1-19
Mark 9:30-41

II. Selections
Psalm 6:2
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;
O LORD, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror.

Exodus 4:31
The people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had given heed to the Israelites and that he had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

1 Corinthians 14:15
What should I do then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the mind also; I will sing praise with the spirit, but I will sing praise with the mind also.

Mark 9:41
" ...For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward. ... " [ Jesus to his twelve disciples]

III. Meditation: With spirit and mind

We pray to you with spirit and mind;
sing to you with mind and spirit also.

We pray for those who are languishing;
heal all whose bones shake with terror.

Give heed to them and see their misery;
show us how to supply water to drink.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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