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.

Jesus on the Road--March 23, 2018

[From March 26, 2010 archive]

Lord Jesus, you who are always walking ahead of us,
you have rescued us from the horns of the wild oxen.

But we are exalting ourselves, proclaiming our virtue;
rescue us from ourselves, that we may proclaim yours.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 22, 148, 105, 130
Exod. 9:13-35
2 Cor. 4:1-12
Mark 10:32-45

Selected Verses
Ps. 22:21b
From the horns of the wild oxen you have rescued me.

Exod. 9:17
"'…You are still exalting yourself against my people, and will not let them go.  …'"  [The LORD's message to Pharaoh, to be conveyed by Moses]

2 Cor. 4:5
For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.

Mark 10:32a
[Jesus and his disciples] were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them…

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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