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.

May Your Dwelling Place Be in Our Hearts--Oct. 5, 2018



Let your dwelling place be in our hearts,
Lord Jesus; it would be lovely to have you there.
Like a stubborn heifer, we are stubborn;
we need your healing power to feed us like lambs.
Why should we delay?  We call your name
to take away our sins.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 148; 25; 40
Hosea 4:11-19
Acts 21:37-22:16
Luke 6:12-26

Selected Verses
Ps. 84:1
How lovely is your dwelling place,
          O LORD of hosts! 

Hosea 4:16
Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the LORD now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?

Acts 22:16
And now why do you delay?  Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'

Luke 6:19
And all in the crowd were trying to touch [Jesus], for power came out from him and healed all of them.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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