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 King of Love--March 28, 2020


You are who you are,
in you we are glad,
in you we rejoice,
our King.

We hold you in awe;
we run to greet you,
but you send us out
to tell of your love.

Prophecy and power,
mystery and knowledge,
faith to move mountains —
no, none of these matter,
unless we have love.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 43; 149; 31; 143
Exod. 2:23-3:15
1 Cor. 13:1-13
Mark 9:14-29

Selected Verses
Ps. 149:2
Let Israel be glad in its Maker;
          let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

Exod. 3:14
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.”  He said further, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

1 Cor. 13:2
And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 

Mark 9:15
When the whole crowd saw [Jesus], they were immediately overcome with awe, and they ran forward to greet him.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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