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 Daily Bear Us Up, Jesus--May 10, 2018



Lord Jesus, you daily bear us up,
even when we are tested
(for you were tested,
as no one else
has been).

You are with us always, Jesus;
to the end of the age--
our salvation.

Your dominion is everlasting;
it shall not pass away,
nor shall it ever be
destroyed.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 47; 147:12-20; 68; 113
Dan. 7:9-14
Heb. 2:5-18
Matt. 28:16-20

Selected Verses
Ps. 68:19
Blessed be the Lord,
          who daily bears us up;
          God is our salvation. Selah 

Dan. 7:14b
His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, and his kingship is one that shall never be destroyed.  [Said of one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven]

Heb. 2:18
Because [Jesus] himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.
Matt. 28:20
"…And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."  [The risen Jesus, to his eleven disciples]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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