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 16, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 22, 105, 130
Jeremiah 11:1-8, 14-17
Romans 6:1-11
John 8:33-47

II. Selections
Psalm 105:3
Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

Jeremiah 11:8a
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of an evil will.

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

John 8:34
Jesus answered [ the Jews who had believed in him], "Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. ... "

III. Meditation: Choices

Hearts rejoicing,
glorying in God,
obedient to God-
or walking in
stubbornness
of an evil will?

Slaves to sin-
or dead to sin,
alive to God
in Jesus Christ?
Every day,
we choose.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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