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.

You Give Us Rest--Oct. 22, 2019



Lord Jesus, you are the strength of your people.
In our days of affliction and wandering,
weary from our heavy burdens,
you give us rest—
and we remember,
as we have borne the image
of the man of dust,
we will also bear the image
of the man of heaven.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 54; 146; 28; 99
Lam. 1:1-12
1 Cor. 15:41-50
Matt. 11:25-30

Selected Verses
Ps. 28:8
The LORD is the strength of his people;
          he is the saving refuge of his anointed.

Lam. 1:7a
Jerusalem remembers,
          in the days of her affliction and wandering,
all the precious things
          that were hers in days of old.

1 Cor. 15:49
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.

Matt. 11:28
“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. …”  [Jesus, apparently to the crowd]   

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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