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 the Merciful, Mercy--Aug. 30, 2020

 

Jesus, Lamb and Shepherd,

Teach us to be merciful,

for we need to receive mercy.

 

Then we will lie down

in green pastures—

lie down,

and no one

will make us afraid.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 108; 150; 66; 23

Job 11:1-9, 13-20

Rev. 5:1-14

Matt. 5:1-12

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 23:1-2

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
         He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters…

 

Job 11:19

“You will lie down, and no one will make you afraid…”  [Zophar, to Job]

 

Rev. 5:13

Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, singing, “To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

 

Matt. 5:7

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.  …”  [Jesus, to the people on the mountain]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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