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.

Guardian of My Soul--Nov. 28, 2019



Good Shepherd, Guardian of my soul,
when I go astray you accept me back
 to where I can pasture and lie down,
where no one can make me afraid.

When I am brought low, you save me
and send me into your vineyard,
where you pay me far more
than whatever I deserve.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 116; 147:12-20; 26; 130
Zeph. 3:1-13
1 Peter 2:11-25
Matt. 20:1-16

Selected Verses
Ps. 116:6
The LORD protects the simple;
          when I was brought low, he saved me.

Zeph. 3:13d
Then [the  remnant of Israel] will pasture and lie down,
          and no one shall make them afraid.

1 Peter 2:25
For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

Matt. 20:3-4
“…When [the landowner] went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’  So they went.  …”  [Jesus, to his disciples]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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