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 23, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 22, 105, 130
Jeremiah 23:1-8
Romans 8:28-39
John 6:52-59

II. Selections
Psalm 105:42
For he remembered his holy promise,
and Abraham, his servant.

Jeremiah 23:4
I will raise up shepherds over [ my flock] who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the LORD.

Romans 8:37
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

John 6:56
" ...Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. ... "

III. Meditation: More than conquerors

You remember your promises and your servants.
You have raised up shepherds over your flock.
You have given us a Shepherd who loved us.
We abide in him and he in us; we fear not.
We are more than conquerors through
him who in all these things loved us.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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