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.

Eyes to the Blind, Feet to the Lame--Sept. 11, 2012



Lord Jesus, you and your followers
have been eyes to the blind,
and feet to the lame;

You have been father to the needy
and have championed the
cause of the stranger.

And yet you have been mistreated,
received stones and taunts,
"Where is your God?"

When tears have been our food,
remind us of your answer
to that very question.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 42; 146; 102; 133
Job 29:1-20
Acts 14:1-18
John 10:31-42

Selected Verses
Ps. 42:3
My tears have been my food
      day and night,
while people say to me continually,
      “Where is your God?”

Job 29:15-16
"…I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger. …" [Job continues his defense.]

Acts 14:5-6a
And when an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat [Paul and Barnabas] and to stone them, the apostles learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe…

John 10:31
The Jews took up stones again to stone [Jesus].

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