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.


Healing for One Who Has Endured Much--March 12, 2012

Lord Jesus, let your mercy come to one we love,
that she may live. She has endured much under
many physicians, and she has grown worse.

The present form of this world for us will
pass away without her, for as much as
Jacob loved Benjamin, we love her.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6
Gen. 44:18-34
1 Cor. 7:25-31
Mark 5:21-43

Selected Verses
Ps. 119:77
Let your mercy come to me, that I may live;
     for your law is my delight.

Gen. 44:34
"…For how can I go back to my father if the boy [Benjamin] is not with me? I fear to see the suffering that would come upon my father." [Judah to Joseph]

1 Cor. 7:31b
For the present form of this world is passing away.

Mark 5:25-26
Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

1 comment:

  1. ChrisMarch 12, 2012 at 7:14 PM

    I am too praying for someone to live. It is a hard and helpless prayer to pray. Peace to you. And healing.

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