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.

To the End of the Age--April 16, 2020


Lord Jesus, we bless your name,
you are our salvation.

You teach us to obey all you have commanded,
but how shall we remember to do so—
with a reminder on our forehead,
a sign on our hand?

No, we are human, with the image of dust.
Though you daily bear us up,
we will always fail…

until the day when we bear your image,
the image of the man of heaven,
until you are with us to
the end of the age.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 47; 147:12-20; 68; 113
Exod. 13:3-10
1 Cor. 15:41-50
Matt. 28:16-20

Selected Verses
Ps. 68:19
Blessed be the Lord,
          who daily bears us up;
          God is our salvation.        Selah

Exod. 13:9
It shall serve for you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the teaching of the LORD may be on your lips; for with a strong hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. 

1 Cor. 15:49
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.

Matt. 28:20
“…and teaching [new disciples] to obey everything that I have commanded you.  And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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