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.

The Exact Imprint--March 7, 2011


Lord Jesus,
you are the reflection of God’s glory,
the exact imprint of God’s very being.

You sustain all things
by your powerful word.

You are life, and you are light—
the life and light of all people.

Listen to the sound of my cry,
for to you I pray; and help me
to keep your word in my heart.


Lectionary Readings
Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29
Deut. 6:1-15
Heb. 1:1-14
John 1:1-18

Selected Verses
Ps. 5:2
Listen to the sound of my cry,
      my King and my God,
      for to you I pray.

Deut. 6:6
Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart.

Heb. 1:3a
[His Son] is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word.

John 1:3-4
All things came into being through [the Word], and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)