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.

Where Can We Turn?--March 4, 2020


Tragedy strikes, God, and where can we turn?
Human wisdom has no adequate answers,
but you are the stronghold of our lives.
From every quarter, people came
to Jesus, and the word spread.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 5; 147:1-11; 27; 51
Gen. 37:25-36
1 Cor. 2:1-13
Mark 1:29-45

Selected Verses
Ps. 27:1b
The LORD is the stronghold of my life;
          of whom shall I be afraid?

Gen. 37:30
[Reuben] returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone; and I, where can I turn?”

1 Cor. 2:5
…so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.

Mark 1:45
But [the cured leper] went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread the word, so that Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed out in the country; and people came to him from every quarter.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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