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.

And We Rejoice in God--March 7, 2019


Indeed you have done great things for us, O God.
You have called us to be a people holy to you,
and when we were unable to attain that,
you gave us your Lamb to take away
our sin.  You do not leave undone
what you have promised to do,
and so we rejoice in you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 27; 147:12-20; 126; 102
Deut. 7:6-11
Titus 1:1-16
John 1:29-34

Selected Verses
Ps. 126:3
 The LORD has done great things for us,
          and we rejoiced.

Deut. 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.

Titus 1:5
I left you behind in Crete for this reason, that you should put in order what remained to be done…

John 1:29
The next day [John] saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, "Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!  …" 

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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