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 for the Word You Have Spoken--Oct. 23, 2011



God, you rule by your might forever;
but wanting to exalt ourselves,
we rebel against your rule.

Instead of listening to your word,
as Apollo listened to Priscilla and Aquila,
we look for ways to justify ourselves. Forgive us.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 108; 150; 66; 23
Jer. 44:15-30
Acts 18:24-19:7
Luke 10:25-37

Selected Verses
Ps. 66:6c-7
There we rejoiced in him,
      who rules by his might forever,
whose eyes keep watch on the nations—
      let the rebellious not exalt themselves.      Selah

Jer. 44:15-16
Then all the men who were aware that their wives had been making offerings to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah: "As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we are not going to listen to you. …"

Acts 18:26
[Apollos] began to speak boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the Way of God to him more accurately.

Luke 10:29
But wanting to justify himself, [the lawyer] asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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