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.

Silence My Inner Tumult--Feb. 11, 2022

[From Feb. 14, 2020 archive]

 

O God, you silence

the roaring of the seas,

the roaring of their waves, 

the tumult of the peoples.

 

Silence the tumult in me.

The night is far gone, 

the day is near.

 

I will lay aside

the works of darkness,

put on the armor of light.

 

Wherever I go, keep me;

do not leave me.

 

In Christ make me free,

and I will be free indeed.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 51; 148; 142; 65

Gen. 27:46-28:4, 28:10-22

Rom. 13:1-14

John 8:33-47

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 65:7

 You silence the roaring of the seas,
          the roaring of their waves,
          the tumult of the peoples.

 

Gen. 28:15

“…Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”  [The LORD, to Jacob in a dream] 

 

Rom. 13:12

…the night is far gone, the day is near.  Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light…

 

John 8:36

“…So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.  …”  [Jesus, to his accusers]


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