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.

The Prayer of a Disciple--Oct. 1, 2012


 Lord Jesus, my portion forever,
you are the strength of my heart.

I do not know what will happen.
My flesh and my heart may fail,

so hedge up my way with thorns.
Fence me in against other paths;

make me a captive to your Spirit.
I leave everything to follow you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 62; 145; 73; 9
Hosea 2:2-15
Acts 20:17-38
Luke 5:1-11

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail,
          but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Hosea 2:6
Therefore I will hedge up [your mother's] way with thorns; and I will build a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths.

Acts 20:22
"…And now, as a captive to the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there…"  [Paul to the elders of the church in Ephesus]

Luke 5:11
When [Peter, James, and John] had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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