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.

We Would Have Run, Too--Feb. 5, 2011

We would have run with the crowd to greet you, Jesus,
overcome with awe—but the matter does not end there.

Just as you have satisfied us with your steadfast love,
we must rejoice and share your love with one another.

You want us to maintain justice and do what is right,
bearing the burdens of others, as you have borne ours.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 63; 149; 125; 90
Isa. 56:1-8
Gal. 5:25-6:10
Mark 9:14-29

Selected Verses
Ps. 90:14
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
      so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Isa. 56:1
Thus says the LORD:
      Maintain justice, and do what is right,
for soon my salvation will come,
      and my deliverance be revealed.

Gal. 6:2
Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Mark 9:15
When the whole crowd saw him, they were immediately overcome with awe, and they ran forward to greet him.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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