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.


You Have Made Us Glad--April 28, 2012



They brought to him all the sick, and he cured them.
Dear God, you have made us glad by your work;
our hearts prompt us to bring you an offering;
at the works of your hands we sing for joy.

Let the word of Christ dwell in us richly
as we teach and admonish one another
and--with gratitude in our hearts--we
sing psalms, hymns, and spirituals.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 92; 149; 23; 114
Exod. 25:1-22
Col. 3:1-17
Matt. 4:18-25

Selected Verses
Ps. 92:4
For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work;
      at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

Exod. 25:1-2
The LORD said to Moses: Tell the Israelites to take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receive the offering for me.

Col. 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.

Matt. 4:24
So [Jesus'] fame spread throughout all Syria, and [the people] brought to him all the sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he cured them.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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