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.

My Strength and My Might and My Salvation--June 1, 2013


 God, you hear the words we speak to one another;
but we do not listen to the words you spoke
through Moses and the prophets.

Teach us to walk by faith, not by sight--
you who are our strength and our
might and our salvation.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111
Deut. 5:22-33
2 Cor. 4:13-5:10
Luke 16:19-31

Selected Verses

Ps. 118:14
The LORD is my strength and my might;
          he has become my salvation.

Deut. 5:28a
The LORD heard your words when you spoke to me…  [Moses to the Israelites]

2 Cor. 5:7
…for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Luke 16:31
"…[Father Abraham] said to [the rich man in Hades], 'If [your brothers] do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"  [Jesus telling the parable of Lazarus and the rich man]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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