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.

March 12, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 32, 42, 84
Genesis 41:14-45
Romans 6:3-14
John 5:19-24

II. Selections
Psalm 32:1
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.

Genesis 41:38
Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find anyone else like this-one in whom is the spirit of God?"

Romans 6:11
So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Jesus Christ.

John 5:21
Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

III. Meditation: Dead to sin and alive in Christ
You have covered our sin
and forgiven our transgression
and made us happy.
You have given us life,
that we may be dead to sin
and alive in Christ,
with your Spirit in us.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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