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.

God, You Are There--July 26, 2013


When the woman was suffering from hemorrhages,
as when she was made well, you were there.

When Saul and all his sons and men died together,
and when you performed signs and wonders,
you were there; yes always you are there.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139
1 Sam. 31:1-13
Acts 15:12-21
Mark 5:21-43

Selected Verses

Ps. 139:8
If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
          if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.

1 Sam. 31:6
So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together on the same day.

Acts 15:12-21
The whole assembly kept silence, and listened to Barnabas and Paul as they told of all the signs and wonders that God had done through them among the Gentiles.

Mark 5:28
"…for [the woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages] said, “If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.”

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