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.


Wondrously You Have Shown--April 7, 2012



God, before whom no creature is hidden,
but all are naked and laid bare,

you have taken up our cause,
you have redeemed our lives;

and there is no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus.

We bless your name, for wondrously
you have shown your steadfast love for us.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 43; 149; 31; 143
Lam. 3:37-58
Heb. 4:1-16
Rom. 8:1-11

Selected Verses
Ps. 31:21
Blessed be the LORD,
      for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me
      when I was beset as a city under siege.

Lam. 3:58
You have taken up my cause, O Lord, you have redeemed my life.

Heb. 4:13
And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account.

Rom. 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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