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.

Do Not Forsake Me--Jan. 10, 2020



God of my salvation,
do not cast me off,
do not forsake me.

When I follow my own devices
and walk in a way that is not good,
pray hold out your hands and call me
to wake up and strengthen what is left.

When I consider my resources too meager
to be of any consequence, show me my error.
Do not cast me off, Lord God of my salvation.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 46; 148; 27; 93
Isa. 65:1-9
Rev. 3:1-6
John 6:1-14

Selected Verses
Ps. 27:9c
Do not cast me off, do not forsake me,
          O God of my salvation!

Isa. 65:2
I held out my hands all day long to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices…

Rev. 3:2
“…Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God.”  [One like the Son of Man, to the angel of the church in Sardis]

John 6:8-9
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to [Jesus], “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish.  But what are they among so many people?”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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