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.

Pluck My Feet Out of the Net--April 16, 2019



God of grace and compassion,
hold me to what I have attained.

Keep my eyes ever toward you,
and pluck my feet out of the net;
be with me, to save and deliver me,
so that I may be with you, to serve you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 34; 146; 25; 91
Jer. 15:10-21
Phil. 3:15-21
John 12:20-26

Selected Verses
Ps. 25:15
 My eyes are ever toward the LORD,
          for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

Jer. 15:20
And I will make you to this people
          a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you,
          but they shall not prevail over you,
for I am with you
          to save you and deliver you,
                                                            says the LORD. 

Phil. 3:16
Only let us hold fast to what we have attained.

John 12:26
"…Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also.  Whoever serves me, the Father will honor."  [Jesus, to Andrew and Philip]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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