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.

A Future of Hope--April 12, 2019


With you is steadfast love, O God;
with you there is great power to redeem.
We do not know the plans you have for us,
but you know them; they are for our welfare.

Because of Jesus, we have a future with hope,
not a reason for pride, but a source of awe,
for he is the resurrection and the life.
In Jesus Christ, we believe.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 22; 148; 105; 130
Jer. 29:1-14
Rom 11:13-24
Joh 11:1-27

Selected Verses
Ps. 130:7
 O Israel, hope in the LORD!
          For with the LORD there is steadfast love,
          and with him is great power to redeem. 

Jer. 29:11
For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.

Rom 11:20b
So do not become proud, but stand in awe.

John 11:25
Jesus said to [Martha], "I am the resurrection and the life.  Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live…"

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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