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.

Be Our God, Walk Among Us--May 19, 2020


Gracious God, righteous and merciful,
you desire everyone to be saved,
to grow to know your truth.

Be our God; come walk among us,
and we will be your people.

Make us open to hear your word for us,
and to understand it—good soil,
ready to bear fruit for you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 98; 146; 66; 116
Lev. 26:1-20
1 Tim 2:1-6
Matt. 13:18-23

Selected Verses
Ps. 116:5
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
          our God is merciful.

Lev. 26:12
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people.

1 Tim 2:3-4
This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Matt. 13:23
“…But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”  [Jesus, to his disciples]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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