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.

In Our Time of Trouble--Feb. 26, 2013


 In our time of trouble we call to you.
We do not ask for signs and wonders,
or for something that does not profit;
but we ask that you will be with us--
we ask you for faith by which to live.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 34; 146; 25; 91
Jer. 2:1-13, 29-32
Rom. 1:16-25
John 4:43-54

Selected Verses

Ps. 91:15
When [those who love me] call to me, I will answer them;
          I will be with them in trouble,
          I will rescue them and honor them.

Jer. 2:11b
 But my people have changed their glory
          for something that does not profit.

Rom. 1:17
For in [the gospel] the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.”

John 4:48-49
Then Jesus said to [the royal official], “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.”  The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my little boy dies.”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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