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.


Astonish Us With Your Works--March 4, 2012



Bring us out of the dungeon of our despair;
surround us with your steadfast love;
and astonish us with your works,
that we may be dead to sin
and, in Christ Jesus,
alive to you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 150; 42; 32
Gen. 41:14-45
Rom. 6:3-14
John 5:19-24

Selected Verses
Ps. 32:10
Many are the torments of the wicked,
      but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the LORD.

Gen. 41:14a
Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was hurriedly brought out of the dungeon.

Rom. 6:11-12
So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.

John 5:20
The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing; and he will show him greater works than these, so that you will be astonished.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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