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.

All Our Hidden Secrets--Jan. 24, 2013


 All we have secreted and hidden, O Jesus,
will be disclosed and come to light;
and we will go in confusion,
shamed and confounded.

Restore us, Lord of hosts;
let your face shine and save us,
and let us live as wise people, not
 unwise, making the most of our time.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 36; 147:12-20; 80; 27
Isa. 45:5-17
Eph. 5:15-33
Mark 4:21-34

Selected Verses

Ps. 80:19
Restore us, O LORD God of hosts;
          let your face shine, that we may be saved.

Isa. 45:16
All of them are put to shame and confounded,
          the makers of idols go in confusion together.

Eph. 5:15-16
Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

Mark 4:22
"…For there is nothing hidden, except to be disclosed; nor is anything secret, except to come to light.  …"  [Jesus to the twelve and others who were around him]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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