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.


Before Abraham Was, You--Aug. 28, 2011

Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you;
you are awesome in your deeds among mortals.
Our hope is set on you, the living God,
for you are the Savior of all.
Before Abraham was--
you, the great 'I am.'

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 108; 150; 66; 23
1 Kings 8:22-40
1 Tim. 4:7b-16
John 8:47-59

Selected Verses
Ps. 66:5
Come and see what God has done:
      he is awesome in his deeds among mortals.

1 Kings 8:27
"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built! …" [King Solomon's prayer before the altar in the new temple]

1 Tim. 4:10
For to this end we toil and struggle, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

John 8:58
Jesus said to [his detractors], “Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am."




Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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