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.

February 12, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 19, 81, 113
Genesis 29:20-35
1 Timothy 3:14-4:10
Mark 10:23-31

II. Selections
Psalm 19:1
The heavens are telling the glory of God;
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.

Genesis 29:25
When morning came, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"

1 Timothy 4:10
For to this end we toil and struggle, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

Mark 10:28
Peter began to say to him, "Look, we have left everything and followed you."

III. Meditation: Reliable witness
The heavens tell of your glory;
the firmament proclaims your handiwork.

Our hope is set on you, the living God, the Savior of all.
You will not deceive us.

That is the reason to toil and struggle,
the reason to leave everything and follow you.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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