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.

Encourage the Falsely Accused--Nov. 17, 2013


 Holiness befits your house forevermore, O God.
Make us faithful with whatever is entrusted to us,
whether it is silver and gold,
or the true riches of your kingdom;
and may we support those
who have been falsely accused.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93
Ezra 7:1-26
Acts 28:14b-23
Luke 16:1-13

Selected Verses

Ps. 93:7
 Your decrees are very sure;
          holiness befits your house,
          O LORD, forevermore.

Ezra 7:18
"…Whatever seems good to you and your colleagues to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do, according to the will of your God.  …"  [To Ezra, in a letter from King Artaxerxes"]

Acts 28:15
The believers from [Rome], when they heard of us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us.  On seeing them, Paul thanked God and took courage.

Luke 16:11
"…If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?  …"  [Jesus to his disciples]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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