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.

Who Are These?--March 18, 2012



We fail to see clearly, and we wonder,
Who are the ones who come to you,
whom you will never drive away?

Who are these, led by your Spirit,
whom you call your children?
Perhaps they are the ones
who trust in you?

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 150; 42; 32
Gen. 48:8-22
Rom. 8:11-25
John 6:27-40

Selected Verses
Ps. 84:10
O LORD of hosts,
      happy is everyone who trusts in you.

Gen. 48:8
When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, "Who are these?"

Rom. 8:14
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

John 6:37
“Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away…” [Jesus to the crowd that followed after him]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)