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.


As David Forgave Saul--July 18, 2011

Fill us with joy and with your Holy Spirit,
that we may praise you and sing to your name,
for you are gracious and good.

Do not let Satan come to
take away your words from us.

Teach us to love you, and to love others,
forgiving our enemies as David forgave Saul.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 135; 145; 97; 112
1 Sam. 24:1-22
Acts 13:44-52
Mark 4:1-20

Selected Verses
Ps. 135:3
Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;
      sing to his name, for he is gracious.

1 Sam. 24:17
[King Saul] said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil. …”

Acts 13:52
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

Mark 4:14-15
“…The sower sows the word. These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. … ” [Jesus to those who were around him along with the twelve]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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