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.

Lead Us in Your Way, Rejoicing--Aug. 23, 2018


How precious is your steadfast love, O God.
Steadfastness is what we want, and what we need.
Satan walks to and fro on the earth--
with us only to tempt us away from your refuge.
Your Spirit guides; teach to find you
in unexpected places, and lead us in your way,
rejoicing.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 36; 147:12-20; 80; 27
Job 1:1-22
Acts 8:26-40
John 6:16-27

Selected Verses
Ps. 36:7
How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
          All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings. 

Job 1:7
The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?"  Satan answered the LORD, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it." 

Acts 8:39
When [Philip and the eunuch] came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 

John 6:25
When [the crowd] found [Jesus] on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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