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.

Who Is There Like You, O God?--Jan. 14, 2013


 The beginning of your good news--
you have given us your Son, Jesus;
along with every spiritual blessing,
have blessed us in Christ our Lord.

Every day I will praise your name;
for who is there like you, O God;
or to what can we compare you?
You are good to all you have made.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29
Isa. 40:12-24
Eph. 1:1-14
Mark 1:1-13

Selected Verses

Ps. 145:2, 9
Every day I will bless you,
          and praise your name forever and ever.
…The LORD is good to all,
          and his compassion is over all that he has made.

Isa. 40:18
To whom then will you liken God,
          or what likeness compare with him?

Eph. 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places…

Mark 1:1
The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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