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.

The Light of Life--March 6, 2013


We have peace with God through you, Lord Jesus;
we know that when we fall, we can get up again;
that when we go astray, you will accept us back.

With you as our light and salvation,
whom shall we fear?
With you as the
light of the world,
why should we walk in darkness?

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 147:1-11; 27; 51
Jer. 8:4-7, 18-9:6
Rom. 5:1-11
John 8:12-20

Selected Verses

Ps. 27:1a
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
     whom shall I fear?

Jer. 8:4
You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD:
When people fall, do they not get up again?
      If they go astray, do they not turn back?

Rom. 5:1-2a
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand …

John 8:12
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.  Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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