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, the Secret of Your Power—Aug. 17, 2014

[From Aug. 19, 2012] 

Samson told Delilah the whole secret of his power. 
No words can tell the secret of your power, 
but you were crucified in weakness, 
and you live by the power of God, 
and your power goes forth from you, 
and your voice goes out through all the earth. 

Lectionary Readings 
Ps. 19; 150; 81; 113 
Judg. 16:15-31 
2 Cor. 13:1-11 
Mark 5:25-34 

Selected Verses 
Ps. 19:3-4a 
There is no speech, nor are there words;
          their voice is not heard; 
yet their voice goes out through all the earth,
          and their words to the end of the world. 

Judg. 16:17a 
So [Samson] told [Delilah] his whole secret…

2 Cor. 13:4a 
For [Christ] was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. 

Mark 5:30 

Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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