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.

In Your Refreshing Presence--Aug. 5, 2020

 

Lord Jesus Christ, Lamb of God,

who takes away the sin of the world,

we know what it is like to feel pursued,

what it is like to be thrown into panic.

 

O, show us what it is like to repent,

to be in your refreshing presence.

Lord, heal our broken hearts;

bind up our wounds.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 96; 147:1-11; 132; 134

Judg. 7:19-8:12

Acts 3:12-26

John 1:29-42

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 147:3

[The LORD] heals the brokenhearted,
          and binds up their wounds.

 

Judg. 8:12

Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued them and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and threw all the army into a panic.

 

Acts 3:19-20a

“…Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord…” [Peter, to the Israelites]

 

John 1:29

The next day [John the Baptizer] saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!  …” 


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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