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.

So Our Souls Thirst for You--Jan. 13, 2015


God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
give us a spirit of wisdom and revelation,
for we want to leave our nets and follow Jesus.
We want to follow him who gives power to the faint,
for, as a deer longs for flowing streams, so our souls
long for you, O God--so our souls thirst for you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 42; 146; 102; 133
Isa. 40:25-31
Eph. 1:15-23
Mark 1:14-28

Selected Verses
Ps. 42:1-2a
As a deer longs for flowing streams,
          so my soul longs for you, O God. 
My soul thirsts for God,
          for the living God. 

Isa. 40:29
He gives power to the faint,
          and strengthens the powerless. 

Eph. 1:17
I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him…

Mark 1:18
And immediately [Simon and Andrew] left their nets and followed [Jesus]. 
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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