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.

When We Revere Your Laws, not You--July 24, 2022

[From July 27, 2014 archive]

 

Holy God, you blessed us with your laws, 

but forgive us if we worship the laws, 

failing to revere you and serve you 

in sincerity and faithfulness.  

Heal our hearts, that we 

may turn to you. 

 

Lectionary Readings 

Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93 

Josh. 24:1-15

Acts 28:23-31

Mark 2:23-28   

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 67:7 

May God continue to bless us; 
            let all the ends of the earth revere him. 

 

Josh. 24:14a 

“…Now therefore revere the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness…”  [Joshua to all the people] 

 

Acts 28:27b 

“‘…so that they might not look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn--and I would heal them.’ …”  [Paul, quoting Isaiah to Roman visitors] 

 

Mark 2:27-28 

Then [Jesus] said to [the Pharisees], “The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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