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 Those Whom God Protects--Oct. 28, 2020


Days of trouble come, and we tremble before you, O God,

but even in the wilderness, you prepare a place for us,

and there you nourish us. You protect those who 

take refuge in you.

 

But life with you 

does not consist only

of enjoying your protection.

 

We must also show our love for you

by pursuing justice for others who suffer.

 

Lectionary Readings

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

Nahum 1:1-14

Rev. 12:1-6

Luke 11:37-52

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 96:9

Worship the LORD in holy splendor;
          tremble before him, all the earth.

 

Nahum 1:7-8a

The LORD is good,
     a stronghold on a day of trouble;
he protects those who take refuge in him,
     even in a rushing flood.

 

Rev. 12:6

…and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, so that there she can be nourished for one thousand two hundred sixty days.

 

Luke 11:42

“…But woe to you Pharisees!  For you tithe mint and rue and herbs of all kinds, and neglect justice and the love of God; it is these you ought to have practiced, without neglecting the others.  …”  [Jesus, while a dinner guest of a Pharisee]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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