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.

To Receive Your Kingdom--Nov. 23, 2020

 

Gracious and merciful God, 

abounding in steadfast love,

your compassion is over all 

that you have made. 

 

Lord, make us strong to walk in your name—

strong enough to bear one another’s burdens, 

even strong enough to receive your kingdom

as a little child.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 62; 145; 73; 9

Zech. 10:1-12

Gal. 6:1-10

Luke 18:15-30

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 145:9

The Lord is gracious and merciful,
          slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
The Lord is good to all,
          and his compassion is over all that he has made.

 

Zech. 10:12

I will make [the people of Ephraim] strong in the LORD,
     and they shall walk in his name,
                                                  says the LORD.

 

Gal. 6:2

Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 

 

Luke 18:17

“…Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.”  [Jesus, to his disciples]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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