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.

Redeemed, Called by Name--Jan. 16, 2021

The earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work, O God;

you have redeemed us, and called us by name.

 

We are yours; take away our hardness of heart, 

and help us know the love of Christ

that surpasses knowledge.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98

Isa. 42:18-25, 43:1-13

Eph. 3:14-21

Mark 2:23-3:6

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 104:13

From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
          the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

 

Isa. 43:1b

 Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
          I have called you by name, you are mine.

 

Eph. 3:18-19

I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

 

Mark 3:5

[Jesus] looked around at [his critics] with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 

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Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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