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.

Even in Suffering--Feb. 27, 2021

 

Lord my God, Seeker of all

who in spirit and truth

will worship you, 

 

send out your light, 

send out your truth,

and let them lead me.

 

Let them lead me to your holy presence,

that holding fast to you, loving you,

I may walk in Christ’s ways, 

and thus, even in suffering,

may learn obedience to you.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 43; 149; 31; 143

Deut. 11:18-28

Heb. 5:1-10

John 4:1-26

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 43:3

O send out your light and your truth;
          let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy hill
          and to your dwelling.

 

Deut. 11:22

If you will diligently observe this entire commandment that I am commanding you, loving the LORD your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him…

 

Heb. 5:8

Although [Jesus] was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered…

 

John 4:23

But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. 


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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