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.

Strong to Walk in Your Name--Nov. 26, 2018


[From Nov. 24, 2008 archive]

Our feet have almost stumbled,
our steps have nearly slipped;
we have sown to our own flesh,
and we despair of being saved.

But what is impossible for mortals
is possible for you.  Therefore,
teach us to sow to your Spirit;
make us strong to walk in your name.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 62; 145; 73; 9
Zech. 10:1-12
Gal. 6:1-10
Luke 18:15-30

Selected Verses
Ps. 73:2
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;
            my steps had nearly slipped.

Zech. 10:12
I will make them strong in the LORD,
            and they shall walk in his name,
                                                says the LORD.

Gal. 6:8
If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

Luke 18:26-27
Those who heard [what Jesus said about the rich] said, “Then who can be saved?”  He replied, “What is impossible for mortals is possible for God.”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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