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.

January 08, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 29, 104, 150
Genesis 1:1-2:3
Ephesians 1:3-14
John 1:29-34

II. Selections
Psalm 104:33
I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

Genesis 1:4
And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places ...

John 1:29
The next day [ John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming towards him and declared, "Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! ..."

III. Meditation: You saw that the light was good
We bless you, God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world;
for you have blessed us in him
with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.

We will sing to you as long as we live;
we will sing praise to you while we have being;
for you saw that the light was good,
and you separated the light from the darkness.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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