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 Patience to Wait--Oct. 1, 2020

[From Sept. 29, 2016 archive]

 

All-knowing God, we know so little, 

yet act as if we know so much— 

as if we know better than you. 

 

In our ignorance, we inflict great harm. 

Teach us not to leap to conclusions, 

but in patience to wait for you. 

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 116; 147:12-20; 26; 130

Hosea 4:1-10

Acts 21:27-36

Luke 6:1-11

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 130:5 

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, 
          and in his word I hope… 

 

Hosea 4:6a 

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me.  [The LORD speaking through Hosea] 

 

Acts 21:27b-28 

[Jews from Asia] seized [Paul], shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help!  This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place; more than that, he has actually brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.” 

 

Luke 6:2 

But some of the Pharisees said [to Jesus], “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?” 


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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