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.

And the Hills Sing for Joy--April 6, 2021

 

The floods clap their hands, Lord, 

and the hills sing together for joy, 

for you wait to be gracious to us.

 

You have promised us—

you are in the Father, 

and we are in you,

and you in us.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 98; 146; 66; 116

Isaiah 30:18-26

Acts 2:36-47

John 14:15-31

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 98:3

Let the floods clap their hands;
          let the hills sing together for joy…

 

Isaiah 30:18a

Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you;
          therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you.

Acts 2:39

For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”  [Peter, to the crowd gathered at Pentecost]

 

John 14:20

“…On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.”  …  [Jesus, to the eleven disciples]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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