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.

No Mighty Angel, but I Know--Oct. 27, 2012


 I have not seen a mighty angel descending
from heaven, but I know that you are God;

I have seen your Spirit working in your children.
I know that you have made us, and we are yours.

We look to you and wait for you, God of our salvation.
Hear us, heavenly Father, as Jesus assured us you will.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 122; 149; 100; 63
Micah 7:1-7
Rev. 10:1-11
Luke 11:1-13

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 100:3
Know that the LORD is God.
          It is he that made us, and we are his;
          we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the LORD,
            I will wait for the God of my salvation;
            my God will hear me.

Rev. 10:1
And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.

Luke 11:13
"…If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"  [Jesus to his disciples]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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