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.

A Heart to Know God--March 22, 2021


Jesus, you are still the light of the world.

You worked the works of God who sent you,

making known God’s mercy 

and the riches of God’s glory.

 

As you healed the objects of God’s mercy, 

give your people a heart to know God, 

comforting us with your love,

as we strive to do your work. 

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6

Jer. 24:1-10

Rom. 9:19-33

John 9:1-17

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 119:76

Let your steadfast love become my comfort
          according to your promise to your servant.

 

Jer. 24:7

I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD; and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

 

Rom. 9:23

…and what if [God] has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory…

 

John 9:4-5

“…We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.  As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”  [Jesus, to his disciples]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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