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.


…And He Saw Everything Clearly--March 21, 2012



I believe that I shall see your goodness, Lord,
while I am still in the land of the living.
I see it now, but not always clearly.

Am I still worried that you will punish me
for my sins of the past? Can't I accept
fully your grace and forgiveness?

Or is my problem that I fail to discern your
goodness as you manifest it in others?
Lay your hand on my eyes again.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 5; 147:1-11; 27; 51
Gen. 50:15-26
1 Cor. 12:1-11
Mark 8:11-26

Selected Verses
Ps. 27:13
I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD
      in the land of the living.

Gen. 50:15
Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph's brothers said, "What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong that we did to him?"

1 Cor. 12:11
All these [gifts] are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.

Mark 8:25
Then Jesus laid his hands on [the eyes of the blind man] again; and he looked intently and his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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