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.

Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee--Sept. 13, 2014


May our meditation be pleasing to you,
O God, for we rejoice in you,
and we believe you
are a God
of joy.

The stars
all sang together
when your created the world;
the heavenly beings shouted for joy.
And whenever your people
learn what in Jesus
you have done,
we rejoice.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98
Job 38:1-17
Acts 15:22-35
John 11:45-54

Selected Verses
Ps. 104:34
 May my meditation be pleasing to [God],
          for I rejoice in the LORD.

Job 38:6-7
"…On what were [the earth's] bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?  …"  [The LORD to Job]

Acts 15:30-31
So [Paul and three companions] were sent off and went down to Antioch.  When they gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.  When its members read it, they rejoiced at the exhortation. 

John 11:45
Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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