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.

The Lord Will Rain Righteousness on You--Oct. 10, 2020


[From Oct. 13, 2012 archive, adapted from my Oct. 14, 2000 journal] 

 

When the young lions roar for their food,

who will satisfy them?

 

When the sailors are perishing at sea,

who will rescue them?

 

The king and queen, 

in all their pomp?

 

Seek the Lord, 

who will rain 

righteousness on you.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98

Hosea 10:1-15

Acts 25:13-27

Luke 8:16-25

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 104:21

The young lions roar for their prey, 
          seeking their food from God.

 

Hosea 10:12

Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

 

Acts 25:23a

So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city.

 

Luke 8:24a

[Jesus' disciples] went to him and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we are perishing!”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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