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.

Who May Abide in Your Tent?--July 24, 2019



Who may abide in your tent, O God;
who may dwell on your holy hill?

Those who are willing to accept responsibility
for wrongs in which they have played a part?

Those who hold you in awe,
even though full of doubts?

Those who strengthen souls,
encouraging in the faith?

Those willing to suffer
for the sake of others?

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 15; 147:1-11; 48; 4
1 Sam. 25:23-44
Acts 14:19-28
Mark 4:35-41

Selected Verses
Ps. 15:1
O LORD, who may abide in your tent?
          Who may dwell on your holy hill?

1 Sam. 25:24
She fell at his feet and said, “Upon me alone, my lord, be the guilt; please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant.

Acts 14:22
There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”

Mark 4:41
And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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