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.

Who May Abide with You?--Nov. 11, 2020


Who may abide with you, Jesus?

Whom do you welcome? 

 

Remind me, you are the one to decide,

and the religious did not approve

of your companions. 

 

No, I do not have the role of judge. 

My part is to return to you,

and with all my heart

to ask for mercy.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 15; 147:1-11; 48; 4

Joel 2:12-19

Rev. 19:11-21

Luke 15:1-10

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 15:1

O LORD, who may abide in your tent?
          Who may dwell on your holy hill?

 

Joel 2:12-13a

Yet even now, says the LORD,
     return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
     rend your hearts and not your clothing.

 

Rev. 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse!  Its rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 

 

Luke 15:1-2

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to [Jesus].  And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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