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.

Not Even in the Darkest Valley--May 12, 2018


Put your Spirit on me, Lord Jesus, and make me clean;
make me a citizen of the household of God, with you
as the cornerstone, a dwelling place for God.
When you are with me, I fear no evil--
not even in the darkest valley.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 92; 149; 23; 114
Num. 11:16-17, 24-29
Eph. 2:11-22
Matt. 7:28-8:4

Selected Verses
Ps. 23:4
Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
          I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
          your rod and your staff — 
          they comfort me.

Num. 11:29
But Moses said to [Joshua], "Are you jealous for my sake?  Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit on them!"

Eph. 2:19-22
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.  In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.

Matt. 8:2-3
…and there was a leper who came to [Jesus] and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean."  He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do choose.  Be made clean!"  Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 



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Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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