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.

Be in Me; Let Me Be in You--March 18, 2015

[From April 6, 2011 archive]

I come to you hungry and thirsty
for life in your Spirit.  Fill me.

I am clay in your hand;
shape me, mold me.

Christ, be in me; protect me;
and let me exult in you.

 

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 5; 147:1-11; 27; 51
Jer. 18:1-11
Rom. 8:1-11
John 6:27-40

Selected Verses
Ps. 5:11b
 Spread your protection over them,
            so that those who love your name may exult in you.

Jer. 18:6
Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the LORD.  Just like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

Rom. 8:10
But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

John 6:35
Jesus said to [the crowd], “I am the bread of life.  Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.  …”
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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