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 Shall Be Astonished at Your Goodness--March 21, 2019



Though your people do not know you, O God,
and are more skilled at doing evil than good,
I believe that we shall see your goodness,
Lord, and that we shall be astonished.
O, give us understanding, that we
may be doers of your word,
not merely hearers.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 27; 147:12-20; 126; 102
Jer. 4:9-10, 19-28
Rom. 2:12-24
John 5:19-29

Selected Verses
Ps. 27:13
 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD
          in the land of the living. 

Jer. 4:22
"For my people are foolish,
          they do not know me;
they are stupid children,
          they have no understanding.
They are skilled in doing evil,
          but do not know how to do good."

Rom. 2:13
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

John 5:20
"…The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing; and he will show him greater works than these, so that you will be astonished.  …"  [Jesus, to those who were persecuting him] 

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