Lord, I am feeling old and unimportant,
glories of the past long disappeared.
What can replace them?
You answer with a question,
“Have I been with you so long,
and still you do not know me?”
You turned Moses aside on Mt. Horeb
to make him see the burning bush;
turn me aside and make me see.
From preoccupation with my losses
turn me to see abiding joy
in those who live with you.
From complaining of what ails me,
show me hungry, thirsty mothers,
children dangling in their arms.
As Moses shared ill-treatment of his people,
grant me strength to work for welfare
of the persecuted and oppressed.
May my source of pride be in your name;
my identity, a member of your people;
my importance, only that you love me.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 20, 146, 93, 97
Exodus 3:1-5
Hebrews 11:23-31
John 14:6-14
Selected Verses
Ps. 20:7
Some take pride in chariots, and some in horses,
but our pride is in the name of the LORD our God.
Exodus 3:2
There [at Horeb] the angel of the LORD appeared to [Moses] in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed.
Hebrews 11:24-25
By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
John 14:9a
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? …”
Meditations inspired by readings from the Daily Lectionary as found in the Mission Yearbook of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
- Elmer E. Ewing
- 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.
"Elijah" - A bronze sculpture by a friend, the late Reverend Gurdon Brewster. Click on the image to see more of his sculptures.
Archives
Samples from the archives
- 3/19/18 Remedy for Hubris--A Child Could Do It
- 2/25/14 Unbind me, Jesus
- 10/26/13 Refreshing hearts, in Christ
- 8/9/13 When things I do displease you, God
- 2/7/13 Freed, saved, gathered in
- 1/1/13 For a joy that is complete
- 11/20/12 Though the fig tree does not blossom
- 11/19/12 Alas, my house is set on high
- 10/14/12 Held in your arms
- 9/14/12 The land cries out against us
- 8/29/12 The snare of false accusation
- 8/5/12 Tie up the strong man
- 4/5/12 We who dip bread
- 9/23/10 The right to be joyful
- 9/18/10 Chief cornerstone
- 7/27/10 Triumph over enemies
- 10/9/08 Our iniquity is great
- 5/14/08 When at night
- 2/17/08 The thin and ugly
- 1/17/07 We do not know you
- 1/3/07 Promises
- 1/2/07 For things not seen
- 10/3/06 Fear of you
- 10/2/06 Little we know
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