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.

When We Belong to Christ--Feb. 24, 2013


 When we belong to Christ, we belong to you, dear God;
and steadfast love surrounds all who trust in you.
  
In Christ we pray, deliver us from fear as,
by the love of Christ, we trust
in you and do your will.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 84; 150; 42; 32
Jer. 1:1-10
1 Cor. 3:11-23
Mark 3:31-49

Selected Verses

Ps. 32:10
Many are the torments of the wicked,
          but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the LORD.

Jer. 1:7a, 8
But the LORD said to me,
"…Do not be afraid of them,
     for I am with you to deliver you,
                              says the LORD.”

1 Cor. 3:21b-23
For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future — all belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Mark 3:35
"…Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”  [Jesus to the crowd]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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