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.

Abide in Us, O God--April 20, 2020


We have seen your great work, O God;
when we call on you in truth,
you are near to us.

Lord Jesus, we have not seen you,
but have grown to love you
with indescribable joy.

Father and Son, through the Spirit of truth
abide in us forever, we pray—
we are your servants.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 145; 124; 115
Exod. 14:21-31
1 Peter 1:1-12
John 14:1-17

Selected Verses
Ps. 145:18
The Lord is near to all who call on him,
          to all who call on him in truth.

Exod. 14:31
Israel saw the great work that the LORD did against the Egyptians.  So the people feared the LORD and believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.

1 Peter 1:8
Although you have not seen [Jesus Christ], you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy…

John 14:16-17
“…And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever.  This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.  You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.  …”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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