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.


In the Same Boat--Jan. 28, 2012



In the heat of the day, by the oaks of Mamre,
once you appeared to Abraham.

It is a fearful thing to fall into your hands,
or so we are told in Hebrews.

Yet you have made us, and we are yours--
your people, sheep of your pasture.

The disciples wanted Jesus in the boat
with them; we want you, too.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 122; 149; 100; 63
Gen. 18:1-16
Heb. 10:26-39
John 6:16-27

Selected Verses
Ps. 100:3
Know that the LORD is God.
      It is he that made us, and we are his;
      we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Gen. 18:1
The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day.

Heb. 10:31
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

John 6:20-21
But [Jesus] said to [his disciples], "It is I; do not be afraid." Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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