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.

We Trust in You, O High and Holy--April 18, 2018



O God, high and holy,
sometimes you surprise us
and come to us all unawares.
At other times you summon us
to go to you and be reconciled.
You are a stronghold in times
of trouble for the oppressed,
 and God, we trust in you
to never forsake us.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 99; 147:1-11; 9; 118
Exod. 19:16-25
Col. 1:15-23
Matt. 3:13-17

Selected Verses
Ps. 9:9-10
The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed,
          a stronghold in times of trouble.
And those who know your name put their trust in you,
          for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Exod. 19:20
When the LORD descended upon Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, the LORD summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

Col. 1:21-22
And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him…

Matt. 3:14
John would have prevented [Jesus], saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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