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.

Welcomed and Set Free--March 14, 2021


Our King and our God, 

you welcome the swallow,

make a home for the sparrow.

 

You are in our very midst,

and you call us by name.

 

Have we no ears to hear?

Have we no eyes to see?

 

Lord, make us firm to remember —

for freedom you have set us free.

How can we ignore your gift?

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 84; 150; 42; 32

Jer. 14:1-22

Gal. 4:21-5:1

Mark 8:11-21 

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 84:3

Even the sparrow finds a home,
          and the swallow a nest for herself,
          where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O LORD of hosts,
          my King and my God.

 

Jer. 14:9b

Yet you, O LORD, are in the midst of us,
          and we are called by your name;
          do not forsake us!

 

Gal. 5:1

For freedom Christ has set us free.  Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

 

Mark 8:18

“…Do you have eyes, and fail to see?  Do you have ears, and fail to hear?  And do you not remember? 


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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