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.

The Holy One of God--April 6, 2019


Human might does not control the outcome--
you do, O God, and you are a God of mercy.
We have come to believe and know
that Jesus is the Holy One of God;
into his hands we commit
our spirit.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 43; 149; 31; 143
Jer. 23:9-15
Rom. 9:1-18
John 6:60-71

Selected Verses
Ps. 31:5
 Into your hand I commit my spirit;
          you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.

Jer. 23:10b
Their course has been evil,
          and their might is not right. 

Rom. 9:16
So it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.

John 6:68-69
Simon Peter answered [Jesus], "Lord, to whom can we go?  You have the words of eternal life.  We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God." 

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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