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.

Our Soul Waits in Silence--Feb. 4, 2013


 O God, from whom comes our salvation,
our soul waits in silence for you.

Send into our hearts the Spirit of your Son,
who made his back like the ground,
 like a street for his tormentors to walk on.

May he open our deaf ears and release our tongues,
that we may speak plainly of your salvation.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 62; 145; 73; 9
Isa. 51:17-23
Gal. 4:1-11
Mark 7:24-37

Selected Verses

Ps. 62:1
For God alone my soul waits in silence;
          from him comes my salvation.

Isa. 51:23c
…and you have made your back like the ground
          and like the street for [your tormentors] to walk on.

Gal. 4:6
And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

Mark 7:35
And immediately [the deaf man's] ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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