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.

Do Not Worry about Anything--Sept. 14, 2013


 We pray to you, the Son, the Beloved,
with whom God is well pleased.

We lie down and fall asleep,
we awake, get up, and eat.

We go out to our work
and labor until evening.

In everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving

we make known to God our requests.
Then why should we worry about anything?

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98
1 Kings 18:41-19:8
Phil. 3:17-4:7
Matt. 3:13-17

Selected Verses

Ps. 104:23
People go out to their work
          and to their labor until the evening.

1 Kings 19:5
Then [Elijah] lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep.  Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat."

Phil. 4:6
Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Matt. 3:17
And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased."

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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