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.

The Joy of Your Salvation--Aug. 16, 2013


 Weeping aloud, we move into the wilderness.
Restore to us the joy of your salvation,
and sustain in us a willing spirit.

When you call to us, may we take heart,
seeking to know and do everything
you have assigned us to do.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 51; 148; 142; 65
2 Sam. 15:19-37
Acts 21:37-22:16
Mark 10:46-52

Selected Verses

Ps. 51:12
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
          and sustain in me a willing spirit.

2 Sam. 15:23
The whole country wept aloud as all the people passed by; the king crossed the Wadi Kidron, and all the people moved on toward the wilderness.

Acts 22:10b
"…The Lord said to me, 'Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told everything that has been assigned to you to do.'  …"  [Paul to the mob outside the Temple]

Mark 10:49
Jesus stood still and said, “Call him [Bartimaeus] here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take heart; get up, he is calling you."

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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