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 Faith that Is through Jesus--April 4, 2013

 
Your love daily bears us up;
when our bones are dried up,

and our hope is lost,

when we are cut off completely,
faith in your name makes us strong.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 47; 147:12-20; 68; 113
Eze. 37:1-14
Acts 3:11-26
John 15:12-27

Selected Verses

Ps. 68:19
Blessed be the Lord,
          who daily bears us up;
          God is our salvation.               Selah

Eze. 37:1-14
Then [the LORD] said to me, “Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel.  They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.’  …"

Acts 3:16
"…And by faith in his name, his name itself has made this man [who had been lame from birth] strong, whom you see and know; and the faith that is through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you.  …"  [Peter to the temple crowd]

John 15:12
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  …"  [Jesus to the eleven]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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