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.

Gracious, Righteous, and Merciful--Aug. 30, 2012


O Holy One, though we search for you and do not find you,
though we see visions and know not what they mean,
still you are gracious, righteous, and merciful;
you will yet fill our mouths with laughter
and our lips with shouts of joy.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 143; 147:12-20; 81; 116
Job 8:1-10, 20-22
Acts 10:17-33
John 7:14-36

Selected Verses
Ps. 116:5
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
      our God is merciful.

Job 8:21
"…[God] will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouts of joy. …" [Bildad to Job]

Acts 10:17a
Now while Peter was greatly puzzled about what to make of the vision that he had seen, suddenly the men sent by Cornelius appeared.

John 7:34
"…You will search for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come." [Jesus to the crowd in the temple]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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