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.

Loving Hands that Heal--Jan. 24, 2021

It is a fearful thing to conclude

we have no need to be in your hands,

Lord Jesus; they are loving hands that heal.

 

Forfend that we should consider ourselves

to be so wise and so full of knowledge

that we have no need for you,

our refuge and our strength,

a very present help in trouble.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93

Isa. 47:1-15

Heb. 10:19-31

John 5:2-18

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 46:1

God is our refuge and strength,
          a very present help in trouble.

 

Isa. 47:10b-c

Your wisdom and your knowledge
          led you astray,
and you said in your heart,
          “I am, and there is no one besides me.”

 

Heb. 10:31

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

 

John 5:16

Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things [as healing] on the sabbath.

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Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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