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.

The Resurrection and the Life--Jan. 5, 2022

 

God, you heal the brokenhearted

and bind up their wounds.

 

When I am in distress,

teach me to call to you.

 

But not only in time of crisis, 

at all times teach me

to pray in the Spirit

 

to Christ Jesus, who is

the resurrection and the life.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 99; 147:1-11; 96; 110

Jonah 2:2-9

Eph. 6:10-20

John 11:17-27,, 38-44

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 147:3

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

 

Jonah 2:1-2

Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, saying

“I called to the LORD out of my distress, 

and he answered me…”

 

Eph. 6:18a

Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication.

 

John 11:25

Jesus said to [Martha], “I am the resurrection and the life.  Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live…”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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