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.

Without Bit or Bridle--March 20, 2011


Put your words in my ears, that I may hear them.
Put your words in my mouth, that I may speak them.
Teach me to listen and obey, that I may stay near you,
for you, Lord Jesus, must be the foundation of my life.


Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 150; 42; 32
Jer. 1:1-10
1 Cor. 3:11-23
Mark 3:31-4:9

Selected Verses
Ps. 32:9
Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
      whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
      else it will not stay near you.

Jer. 1:9
Then the LORD put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the LORD said to me,
      “Now I have put my words in your mouth. …”

1 Cor. 3:11
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.

Mark 4:3
“Listen! A sower went out to sow. …” [Jesus, preaching from a boat to a very large crowd by the lake]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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