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 Healed Me?--March 3, 2021

 

God, you heal our broken hearts,

and you bind up our wounds,

and we do not know

who healed us.

 

Lord, do we despise 

the riches of your kindness,

your forbearance and patience?

 

You have given us leaders 

 after your own heart, to make us

recognize your kindness, and surely

the knowledge should lead us to repent.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 147:1-11; 27; 51

Jer. 3:6-18

Rom. 1:26-2:11

John 5:1-18

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 147:3

[The LORD] heals the brokenhearted,
          and binds up their wounds.

 

Jer. 3:15

I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

 

Rom. 2:4

Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience?  Do you not realize that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? 

 

John 5:13

Now the man who had been healed did not know who [his healer] was, for Jesus had disappeared in the crowd that was there. 

 

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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