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.

In the Strength of Your Power--Jan. 26, 2013


 From the womb until I was old and gray,
you have borne me, carried me, O God.

If ever I was strong, it was your doing--
it was in the strength of your power.

How much you have done for me
is marvelous in my own eyes.

If I could find a way to tell it,
everyone would be amazed.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111
Isa. 46:1-13
Eph. 6:10-24
Mark 5:1-20

Selected Verses

Ps. 118:23
This is the LORD’s doing;
          it is marvelous in our eyes.

Isa. 46:3b-4a
…who have been borne by me from your birth,
          carried from the womb; 
even to your old age I am he,
          even when you turn gray I will carry you.

Eph. 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

Mark 5:20
And [the man cured of unclean spirits] went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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