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 Disaster Strikes--June 18, 2011


Disaster strikes, and it seems that all is lost.
Afterward, you perform your grace-filled acts.
With power and glory you make your presence known.

O God, how manifold are your works!
How wonderful your presence!
How mysterious your ways.


Lectionary Readings
Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98
1 Sam. 4:1b-11
Acts 4:32-5:11
Luke 21:20-28

Selected Verses
Ps. 104:24
O LORD, how manifold are your works!
      In wisdom you have made them all;
      the earth is full of your creatures.

1 Sam. 4:11
The ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Acts 4:33
With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

Luke 21:27
“…Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in a cloud’ with power and great glory. …” [Jesus to his disciples]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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