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.

With Patient Endurance, Bear Fruit--May 21, 2019


Gracious God, righteous and merciful,
you have laid plans for our future;
help us hold fast to your word,
in hearts honest and good,
persevering in prayer,
patient in suffering,
rejoicing in hope,
so that we may
bear fruit for
your kingdom.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 98; 146; 66; 116
Jer. 32:16-25
Rom. 12:1-21
Luke 8:1-15

Selected Verses
Ps. 116:5
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
          our God is merciful. 

Jer. 32:25
Yet you, O Lord GOD, have said to me, "Buy the field for money and get witnesses"--though the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans.

Rom. 12:12
Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. 

Luke 8:15
"…But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance."  [Jesus, to his disciples]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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