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.

To Abide in Christ, Not Forsaken--March 15, 2013


 O Righteous Branch of David,
hear the words of our groaning
and be not far from helping us.

For us all, God gave you up;
and will God not--with you--
give us everything we need?

We eat your bread, we drink
your wine; we abide in you,
and you in us, forsaken not.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 22; 148; 105; 130
Jer. 23:1-8
Rom. 8:28-39
John 6:52-59

Selected Verses

Ps. 22:1
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
          Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?

Jer. 23:5
The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Rom. 8:32
He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else?

John 6:56
:…Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.  …"  [Jesus to those who argued against him]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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