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.


When We Are Perishing--May 25, 2011


Faithful God,

You will not forsake those who seek you,
for you rejoice in doing good to your people.
Those who know your name put their trust in you.

So when we are afraid that we are perishing,
help us to lay aside all selfish desires
and put on the Lord Jesus Christ.



Lectionary Readings
Ps. 99; 147:1-11; 9; 118
Jer. 32:36-44
Rom. 13:1-14
Luke 8:16-25

Selected Verses
Ps. 9:10
And those who know your name put their trust in you,
      for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Jer. 32:41
I [the LORD] will rejoice in doing good to [my people], and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

Rom. 13:14
Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Luke 8:24a
[The disciples] went to [Jesus] and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we are perishing!”
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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