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.

You Amaze Us--March 3, 2018



Lord Jesus, you amaze us.
Send out your light and your truth--
let them lead us, let them bring us to you.
When we are slaves to sin, you set us free;
when free, you make us your slaves.
Truly, Jesus, you amaze us.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 43; 149; 31; 143
Gen. 43:16-34
1 Cor. 7:10-24
Mark 5:1-20

Selected Verses
Ps. 43:3
O send out your light and your truth;
          let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy hill
          and to your dwelling. 

Gen. 43:33
When [Joseph's brothers] were seated before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, the men looked at one another in amazement. 

1 Cor. 7:22
For whoever was called in the Lord as a slave is a freed person belonging to the Lord, just as whoever was free when called is a slave of Christ. 

Mark 5:20
And [the former demoniac] went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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