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's Answer to Our Panicked Call--Feb. 28, 2018



Trembling we cry, "What have you done to us, God?
Give heed to us, hear the sound of our weeping."

But give us ears, O God, to hear your response:
"I have washed you, sanctified you, and in
the name of Jesus and the Spirit,
I have justified you."

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 5; 147:1-11; 27; 51
Gen. 42:18-28
1 Cor. 5:9-6:11
Mark 4:1-20

Selected Verses
Ps. 5:1-2
Give ear to my words, O LORD;
          give heed to my sighing.
Listen to the sound of my cry,
          my King and my God,
          for to you I pray. 

Gen. 42:28
[One of Joseph's brothers] said to his brothers, "My money has been put back; here it is in my sack!"  At this they lost heart and turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"

1 Cor. 6:11b
But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Mark 4:9
And [Jesus] said, "Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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