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.


Entrusting to You--July 20, 2011

I can entrust myself to you;
I can entrust others to you.

I can entrust myself to you,
for you make me lie down in safety;
and in safety you take me to the other side.

I can entrust others to you,
for you have sent them to me.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 15; 147:7-11; 48; 4
1 Sam. 25:23-44
Acts 14:19-28
Mark 4:35-41

Selected Verses
Ps. 4:8
I will both lie down and sleep in peace;
      for you alone, O LORD, make me lie down in safety.

1 Sam. 25:32
David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today! …”

Acts 14:23
And after [Paul and Barnabas] had appointed elders for them in each church, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe.

Mark 4:35
On that day, when evening had come, [Jesus] said to [his disciples], “Let us go across to the other side.”
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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