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.

Show Me, O God--June 18, 2013


 God, you know everyone's heart--
how my soul is cast down,
how it is disquieted within me.

How shall I spend what belongs to you?
I try to do what seems best to me,
but I need you--establish your word.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 42; 146; 102; 133
1 Sam. 1:21-2:11
Acts 1:15-26
Luke 20:19-26

Selected Verses

Ps. 42:5a
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
          and why are you disquieted within me?

1 Sam. 1:23
Her husband Elkanah said to [Hannah], “Do what seems best to you, wait until you have weaned him; only--may the LORD establish his word.”

Acts 1:24
Then [Peter and the other believers] prayed and said, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart.   Show us which one of these two you have chosen …"

Luke 20:25
[Jesus] said to [those who tried to trap him], “Then give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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