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.

Christ Suffered to Bring Us to God--May 2, 2014


Your steadfast love endures forever, O God; 
and Christ suffered to bring us to you. 
Do not forsake the work of your hands—
keep us from stumbling, from refusing 
to obey your commandments, that 
your purpose for us may 
be fulfilled. 

Lectionary Readings 
Ps. 96; 148; 49; 138 
Exod. 16:23-36 
1 Peter 3:13-4:6 
John 16:1-15 

Selected Verses 
Ps. 138:8 
The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
          your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.
          Do not forsake the work of your hands. 

Exod. 16:23-36 
The LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and instructions? 

1 Peter 3:18 
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God.  He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit… 

John 16:1 
"I have said these things to you to keep you from stumbling.  …”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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