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.


Still We Do Not Know Him?--Apr. 25, 2011


Vainly we try
to deliver ourselves;
deliverance belongs to you.

Before you, O Lord of the earth,
mountains of problems melt like wax.

You raised up Jesus, freed him from death,
which could not hold him in its power.

Have we been with Jesus so long,
and still we do not know him?


Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 145; 124; 115
Jonah 2:1-10
Acts 2:14, 22-32
John 14:1-14

Selected Verses
Ps. 97:5
The mountains melt like wax before the LORD,
      before the Lord of all the earth.

Jonah 2:9c
     “…Deliverance belongs to the LORD!” [Jonah’s prayer from the belly of the fish]

Acts 2:24
“…But God raised [Jesus] up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power. …” [Peter addressing the crowd on the day of Pentecost]

John 14:9a
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? …”
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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