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.

Refresh My Heart in Christ--Feb. 25, 2022

 

Lord Jesus Christ, 

my soul is full of troubles.

 

Call me out of my tomb 

and refresh my heart,

 

that I may walk with you

in the way of righteousness,

along the paths of justice.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 88; 148; 6; 20

Prov. 8:1-21

Philemon 1-25

John 12:9-19

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 88:3

For my soul is full of troubles,
          and my life draws near to Sheol.

 

Prov. 8:20

 I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice…

 

Philemon 20

Yes, brother, let me have this benefit from you in the Lord!  Refresh my heart in Christ. 

 

John 12:17

So the crowd that had been with [Jesus] when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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