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.

With You Is Steadfast Love--June 12, 2014


God, we try so hard to control our lives,
but we do not know your work, and
you make everything.  Lead us by
your Spirit, for there is truth
not subject to the rule
of flesh and blood.
Our hope is in you;
with you is steadfast love
and with you great power to redeem.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 116; 147:12-20; 26; 130
Eccl. 11:1-8
Gal. 5:16-24
Matt. 16:13-20

Selected Verses
Ps. 130:7
O Israel, hope in the LORD!
          For with the LORD there is steadfast love,
          and with him is great power to redeem. 

Eccl. 11:5
Just as you do not know how the breath comes to the bones in the mother's womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything.

Gal. 5:18
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law. 

Matt. 16:17
And Jesus answered [Peter], "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah!  For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven.  …" 

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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