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.


And We Will Not Fear--Nov. 13, 2011

May your hand be upon us, O God.
You are our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble;
therefore we will not fear.

Help us to take courage
from other believers;
even in small things
keep us faithful.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93
Ezra 7:1-26
Acts 28:14b-23
Luke 16:1-13

Selected Verses
Ps. 46:1-2
God is our refuge and strength,
      a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
      though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea

Ezra 7:6
…this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses that the LORD the God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

Acts 28:15
The believers from [Rome], when they heard of us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. On seeing them, Paul thanked God and took courage.

Luke 16:10
"Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. …"
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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