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.


Send Out Your Word--April 19, 2012



You send out your word, melt snow, frost, and hail;
God, send out your word, melt the ice in our hearts.

We know your commandment to love one another as Christ loves us,
but you have heard our complaining; in us you find no unity of spirit.

O send out your word, that we may love one another
with sympathy, with tender heart, and humble mind.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 47; 147:12-20; 68; 113
Exod. 16:10-22
1 Peter 2:11-3:12
John 15:12-27

Selected Verses
Ps. 147:18
[The LORD] sends out his word, and melts [the ice];
      he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.

Exod. 16:12
"I have heard the complaining of the Israelites…" [The LORD to Moses]

1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

John 15:12
"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. …" [Jesus to his disciples]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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