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.

There Is a Time…--Oct. 15, 2021

[From Oct. 18, 2019 archive]

 

Lord God of hosts, God of Israel,

there is a time to speak to you, 

to acknowledge my transgressions. 

And there is a time to listen 

as you speak to me through others.

And there is a time to share

what I have learned from others. 

Help me to know the times.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139

Jer. 38:14-28

1 Cor. 15:1-11

Matt. 11:1-6

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 32:5

Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
          and I did not hide my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,”
          and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

 

Jer. 38:17

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, If you will only surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.  …” 

 

1 Cor. 15:3-4

For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures…

 

Matt. 11:4-5

Jesus answered [John’s disciples], “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them.


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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