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.

God, Stir Up Our Spirits--Oct. 25, 2015


You are awesome, O God,
in your deeds among mortals.
Come stir up our spirits to serve you--
to speak with enthusiasm, to teach with accuracy,
and with understanding compassion to care for the wounded.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 108; 150; 66; 23
Haggai 1:1-2:9
Acts 18:24-19:7
Luke 10:25-37

Selected Verses
Ps. 66:5
 Come and see what God has done:
          he is awesome in his deeds among mortals. 

Haggai 1:14
And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God…

Acts 18:25
He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord; and he spoke with burning enthusiasm and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

Luke 10:33
But a Samaritan while traveling came near [the man attacked by robbers]; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. 
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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