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.

You in the Father, the Father in You--April 28, 2014


Lord Jesus, though we have not seen you,
we love you and we believe in you;
and we rejoice in you with an
indescribable, glorious joy.

Believing in you, we believe
you are in the Father; and the
Father is in you.  We revere you
and trust you, as we revere and trust
the Father, who is our help and our shield.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 145; 124; 115
Exod. 14:21-31
1 Peter 1:1-12
John 14:1-17

Selected Verses
Ps. 115:11
You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD!
          He is their help and their shield.

Exod. 14:31b
So the people feared the LORD and believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.

1 Peter 1:8
Although you have not seen [Jesus Christ], you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy…

John 14:10
"…Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?  …"  [Jesus to Philip]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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