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.

Chaff the Wind Blows Away--Nov. 7, 2012


The wicked say, "I am, and there is no one else."
Therefore the wicked are like chaff
that the wind blows away.

When the wicked suffer,
they curse you, and
they do not repent.

Am I like them?
Jesus, if I am,
set me free
from my
ailment.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 89:1-18; 147:1-11; 1; 33

Zeph. 2:1-15
Rev. 16:1-11
Luke 13:10-17

Selected Verses

Ps. 1:4
The wicked are not so,
          but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

Zeph. 2:15a
Is this the exultant city
            that lived secure,
that said to itself,
            "I am, and there is no one else"?

Rev. 16:10-11
The fifth angel poured his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness; people gnawed their tongues in agony, and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, and they did not repent of their deeds.

Luke 13:12
When Jesus saw [the woman bent over for 18 years], he called her over and said, "Woman, you are set free from your ailment."

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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