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.

For You Alone, God--Nov. 7, 2019


For you alone, God, my soul waits in silence—
whatever you command, may I do it with zeal.
When sorrows come, I will take them to Jesus;
when I die, in him let me rest from my labors.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 147:12-20; 16; 62
Ezra 7:1-26
Rev. 14:1-13
Matt. 14:1-12

Selected Verses
Ps. 62:1
For God alone my soul waits in silence;
          from him comes my salvation.

Ezra 7:23
“…Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done with zeal for the house of the God of heaven, or wrath will come upon the realm of the king and his heirs.  …”  [a decree from King Artaxerxes] 

Rev. 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who from now on die in the Lord.”  “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them.”

Matt. 14:12
[John the  Baptist’s] disciples came and took the body and buried it; then they went and told Jesus [about his execution].

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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