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.


Keep Me--March 19, 2012



God, keep me from all evil; keep my life.

Keep my going out and my coming in,
that I may be a fruitful bough in your service.

Let everything I do be done for your glory;
I pray in the name of him who did everything well.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6
Gen. 49:1-28
1 Cor. 10:14-11:1
Mark 7:24-37

Selected Verses
Ps. 121:7-8
The LORD will keep you from all evil;
      he will keep your life.
The LORD will keep
      your going out and your coming in
      from this time on and forevermore.

Gen. 49:22
"…Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall. …" [Jacob to his sons]

1 Cor. 10:31
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

Mark 7:37
[People] were astounded beyond measure, saying, "[Jesus] has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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