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.

Humble Our Uncircumcised Hearts--May 28, 2014


God, humble our uncircumcised hearts;
for who are we that we should dare question
what you, with all wisdom and insight,
have done according to your good pleasure?
We can see what you do is marvelous;
and so today--this day that you have made--
help us just rejoice and be glad in it.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 99; 147:1-11; 9; 118
Lev. 26:27-42
Eph. 1:1-10
Matt. 22:41-46

Selected Verses
Ps. 118:23-24
This is the LORD’s doing;
          it is marvelous in our eyes. 
This is the day that the LORD has made;
          let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Lev. 26:41b
…if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity…  [God to Moses]

Eph. 1:8b-9
With all wisdom and insight [God] has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ…

Matt. 22:46
No one was able to give [Jesus] an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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