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.

Ways in which We See God--April 20, 2018


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[Revised from April 30, 2004 archive]

Lord, sometimes we see you as a devouring fire on the top of a mountain.  Sometimes we see only a shadow of what is to come.  Sometimes we sense that the kingdom of heaven has come near.  However we perceive your presence, the substance belongs to Christ.  Do not forsake the work of your hands, for we repent of all that separates us from you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 96; 148; 49; 138
Exod. 24:1-18
Col. 2:8-23
Matt. 4:12-17

Selected Verses
Ps. 138:8b
            Do not forsake the work of your hands.

Exod. 24:17
Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel.

Col. 2:17
These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.

Matt. 4:17
From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

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