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.

Your Grace, in a Low Estate--May 2, 2021


Jesus, when we are in a low estate, 

you comfort and strengthen our heart.

 

Like a hiding place from the wind,

like a covert from the tempest,

like shade in a weary land,

or water in a dry place, 

your grace is there

to support us.

 

But your grace is not just for me.

 I am not the only one in need. 

As I would be comforted, 

may I pray and work

to comfort others.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 93; 150; 136; 117

Isa. 32:1-8

2 Thess. 2:13-17

Matt. 7:7-14

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 136:23

It is [the LORD] who remembered us in our low estate,
          for his steadfast love endures forever…

 

Isa. 32:2

Each [prince] will be like a hiding place from the wind,
          a covert from the tempest,
like streams of water in a dry place,
          like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

 

2 Thess. 2:16-17

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word.

 

Matt. 7:12

“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.  …”  [Jesus, to the crowds on the mountain]

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