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 06, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 25, 34, 91, 146
Jeremiah 2:1-13, 29-32
Romans 1:16-25
John 4:43-54

II. Selections
Psalm 146:7
...who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.

Jeremiah 2: 32
Can a girl forget her ornaments,
or a bride her attire?
Yet my people have forgotten me,
days without number.

Romans 1:19
For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.

John 4:49
The official said to [ Jesus], "Sir, come down before my little boy dies."

III. Meditation: You have shown us

You have shown us what
can be known about you.
How can we forget you,
or what you do,
or what you demand of us?

Execute justice for the oppressed,
give food to the hungry,
show mercy to the sick.
These things you do;
these things you bid us do.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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