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.

God's Love, in Spite of Our Complaining--April 30, 2014


We thank you, O God, for you are good;
your steadfast love endures forever.

In spite of all our complaining, have not
we as a people received your mercy?

As you loved your Son, so he loved us;
grant that we may abide in his love.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 99; 147:1-11; 9; 118
Exod. 15:22-16:10
1 Peter 2:1-10
John 15:1-11

Selected Verses
Ps. 118:29
 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
          for his steadfast love endures forever.

Exod. 16:9
Then Moses said to Aaron, "Say to the whole congregation of the Israelites, 'Draw near to the LORD, for he has heard your complaining.'" 

1 Peter 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

John 15:9
As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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