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.

Through the Power of Your Indestructible Life--Jan. 22, 2016


Through the power of your indestructible life,
Lord Jesus, be with us.  We wait for you;
our soul waits, and in your word
we hope.

We hope, and we wait
to worship the Father in spirit
and truth; we wait for your blessing--
the blessing God gave Abram,
not to make our name great,
but so that we may be a
blessing to others.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139
Gen. 11:27-12:8
Heb. 7:1-17
John 4:16-26

Selected Verses
Ps. 130:5
 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
          and in his word I hope…

Gen. 12:2
"…I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.  …"  [The LORD to Abram in Haran]

Heb. 7:16
…one who has become a priest, not through a legal requirement concerning physical descent, but through the power of an indestructible life.  …"

John 4:23
"…But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him.  …"  [Jesus to the Samaritan woman]

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