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.

When Shall I See God?--Sept. 8, 2020

 

Living God, Maker of Heaven and Earth,

you sent Jesus to turn us from worthless things

to you.

 

He showed us good works, caring for the blind,

the lame, the needy, and the stranger.

 

Jesus taught us that in showing love

for such as these, we find him

and you.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 42; 146; 102; 133

Job 29:1-20

Acts 14:1-18

John 10:31-42


Selected Verses

Ps. 42:2

My soul thirsts for God,
          for the living God.
When shall I come and behold
          the face of God?

 

Job 29:15-16

“…I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.  I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger.  …”  [Job, to his friends]

 

Acts 14:15b

“…We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.  …”  [Barnabas and Paul, to the crowd who tried to worship them]

 

John 10:32

Jesus replied [to his accusers], “I have shown you many good works from the Father.  For which of these are you going to stone me?”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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