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.

In Their Welfare, Our Welfare--Oct. 20, 2019



You intend for your saving power
to be known among all nations, O God.
Wherever we go, we must seek the welfare
of that place — pray for your peace to bless it.
Likewise, we must extend our hospitality 

to refugees, strangers in need of help.

In their welfare we will find ours.  

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93
Jer. 29:1, 4-14
Acts 16:6-15
Luke 10:1-12, 17-20

Selected Verses
Ps. 67:2
…that your way may be known upon earth,
your saving power among all nations.

Jer. 29:7
But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

Acts 16:15
When [Lydia] and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.”  And she prevailed upon us.

Luke 10:5
“…Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house!’  …” [Jesus, to the seventy he sent out in pairs]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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