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.

Jesus, Stand Among Us--July 11, 2013


 Lord Jesus, we call upon your name;
save our lives, we pray.

Not for our worldly lives do we pray,
but for our lives in the presence
of your Spirit;

For when your Spirit departs from us
we are tormented by evil, and we
fail to listen for your word.

Lord Jesus, we call upon your name;
stand among us and give us
your peace.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 116; 147:12-20; 26; 130
1 Sam. 16:14-17:11
Acts 10:17-33
Luke 24:36-53

Selected Verses

Ps. 116:4
Then I called on the name of the LORD:
          “O LORD, I pray, save my life!”

1 Sam. 16:14
Now the spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD tormented him.

Acts 10:33b
"…So now all of us are here in the presence of God to listen to all that the Lord has commanded you to say.”

Luke 24:36
While [the disciples] were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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