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.

Believing, to Start on Our Way--Jan. 22, 2018


God Most High,
Teach us to know you,
for if we know you,
we will trust you
and will start on our way,
so that you may fulfill
your purpose for us,
always sharing
with others
your gifts
to us.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 57; 145; 85; 47
Gen. 14:1-24
Heb. 8:1-13
John 4:43-54

Selected Verses
Ps. 57:2
 I cry to God Most High,
          to God who fulfills his purpose for me. 

Gen. 14:24
"…I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me--Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre.  Let them take their share."  [Abram to the King of Sodom]


Heb. 8:11
"…And they shall not teach one another
          or say to each other, 'Know the Lord,'
for they shall all know me,
          from the least of them to the greatest.  …"
                        [The LORD, according to Jeremiah]
John 4:50b
The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started on his way.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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