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.

The Things that are God’s--June 18, 2019



Hannah lent her son to you, O God,
for as long as he lived.
Jesus said to give you the things
that are yours.
You know everyone’s heart,
What shall we give to you?

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 42; 146; 102; 133
1 Sam. 1:21-2:11
Acts 1:15-26
Luke 20:19-26

Selected Verses
Ps. 42:11
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
          and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
          my help and my God.

1 Sam. 1:28
Therefore I have lent [my son] to the LORD; as long as he lives, he is given to the LORD.”   [Hannah to Eli]

Acts 1:24-25
Then [the eleven apostles] prayed and said, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart.  Show us which one of these two you have chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” 

Luke 20:25
[Jesus] said to [the scribes and chief priests], “Then give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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