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.


The One Who Is "I Am"--March 25, 2012



The one whose eye will be upon us,
who will counsel and instruct us,
and show us the way to go;

the one who will be with our mouths and
will teach us what we are to speak;

the one who was before Abraham and
yet after him; and who is forever--

how do we find the "I am" one?
Could it be by presenting our
bodies as a living sacrifice?

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 150; 42; 32
Exod. 3:16-4:12
Rom. 12:1-21
John 8:46-59

Selected Verses
Ps. 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
      I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Exod. 4:12
"…Now go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you are to speak." [The LORD to Moses]

Rom. 12:1
I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

John 8:58
Jesus said to [the ones who argued with him], "Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am."
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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