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.

What Have We to Desire but You?--Feb. 3, 2014


You came down from heaven,
and you gave life to the world.
Whom have we in heaven but you?
And nothing on earth to desire but you.
We will not look back or stop on the plain;
we look forward to the city that has foundations,
the city that has you for its architect and its builder.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 62; 145; 73; 9
Gen. 19:1-29
Heb. 11:1-12
John 6:27-40

Selected Verses

Ps. 73:25
Whom have I in heaven but you?
          And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.

Gen. 19:17
When [the angels] had brought [Lot and his family] outside, they said, "Flee for your life; do not look back or stop anywhere in the Plain; flee to the hills, or else you will be consumed."

Heb. 11:10
For [Abraham] looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

John 6:33

"…For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." 


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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