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.

Created in You for Good Works--Jan. 16, 2013


We are hunting for you, Lord Jesus;
we search all over for you
and rejoice to find you.

We are created in you for good works;
we are what you have made us,
and our heart is glad in you.

O Holy One of Israel, we glory in you
and trust in your holy name.
Be our way of life.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 89:1-18; 147:1-11; 1; 33
Isa. 41:1-16
Eph. 2:1-10
Mark 1:29-45

Selected Verses

Ps. 33:21
Our heart is glad in [The LORD],
          because we trust in his holy name.

Isa. 41:16b
Then you shall rejoice in the LORD;
          in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

Eph. 2:10
For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.

Mark 1:36-37
And Simon and his companions hunted for [Jesus].  When they found him, they said to him, “Everyone is searching for you.”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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