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 11, 2008

I. Readings
Psalms 25, 40, 84, 148
Deuteronomy 31:7-13, 24-32:4
Romans 10:1-13
Matthew 24:15-31

II. Selections
Psalms 148:13
Let them praise the name of the LORD,
for his name alone is exalted;
his glory is above earth and heaven.

Deuteronomy 31:8
" ...It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed." [ Moses to Joshua]

Romans 10:13
For, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

Matthew 24:31
And [ The Son of Man] will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. ... " [ Jesus to his disciples]

III. Meditation: Above heaven and earth

We praise your name, alone exalted;
your glory is above heaven and earth.

We call upon your name to save us.
Go before us and be with us, O God.

Do not fail us and do not forsake us,
and we will not fear or be dismayed.

At the trumpet send out your angels
to gather us in from the four winds.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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