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 You Our Hearts Trust--July 30, 2013


 Open our hearts and make us eager to listen to you;
reign over us, so we may partake and be filled
and you may be all that our hearts desire.
You are our strength and our shield;
Christ, in you our hearts trust.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 54; 146; 28; 99
2 Sam. 3:6-21
Acts 16:6-15
Mark 6:30-46

Selected Verses

Ps. 28:7a
The LORD is my strength and my shield;
          in him my heart trusts…

2 Sam. 3:21a
Abner said to David, “Let me go and rally all Israel to my lord the king, in order that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires.”

Acts 16:14b
The Lord opened [Lydia's] heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul.

Mark 6:42
And all ate and were filled…

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)