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.

With Whole-Hearted Thanks--April 7, 2021


With a whole heart

we give thanks to you, O God.

 

More precious than silver and gold,

your marvelous gifts to us, Most High. 

 

You gave us Jesus Christ of Nazareth,

who loves us as you loved him. 

 

When we abide in Jesus, 

our joy is complete.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 99; 147:1-11; 9; 118

Micah 7:7-15

Acts 3:1-10

John 15:1-11

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 9:1

I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;
          I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

 

Micah 7:15

As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
          show us marvelous things.

 

Acts 3:6

But Peter said [to the man lame from birth], “I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.”

 

John 15:9, 11

“…As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.  …I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.”  …  [Jesus, to the eleven disciples]

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Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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