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.

Remembered in Our Low Estate--April 11, 2021


In our time of trouble, God, you remembered us;

you are our God, and you always will be;

your steadfast love endures forever.

 

We have tasted that you are good, 

and we know you because we know Jesus;

he did your will; no one could keep him from it.

 

Help us to do your work as he did.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 93; 150; 136; 117

Isaiah 43:8-13

1 Peter 2:2-10

John 14:1-7

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 136:3

It is [The LORD] who remembered us in our low estate,
          for his steadfast love endures forever…

 

Isaiah 43:13

I am God, and also henceforth I am He;
          there is no one who can deliver from my hand;
          I work and who can hinder it?

 

1 Peter 2:3

…if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

 

John 14:7

“…If you know me, you will know my Father also.  From now on you do know him and have seen him.”  [Jesus, to Thomas]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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