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.

What Will Happen in Days to Come?--March 12, 2018


Lord Jesus, you have done everything well.

We do not know what will happen to us
in days to come,
but we ask you to keep our going out
and our coming in,
that whatever we do, we may do it
for the glory of God.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6
Gen. 49:1-28
1 Cor. 10:14-11:1
Mark 7:24-37

Selected Verses
Ps. 121:8
The LORD will keep
          your going out and your coming in
          from this time on and for evermore.

Gen. 49:1
Then Jacob called his sons, and said: "Gather around, that I may tell you what will happen to you in days to come.  …" 

1 Cor. 10:31
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. 

Mark 7:37
[The people] were astounded beyond measure, saying, "[Jesus] has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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