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.

May 20, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 23, 92, 114
Leviticus 23:23-44
2 Thessalonians 3:1-18
Matthew 7:13-21

II. Selections
Psalm 92:4
For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work;
at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

Leviticus 23:1-2a
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the people of Israel, saying ...

2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

Matthew 7:21
" ...Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. ..."

III. Meditation: Works
You have made me glad by your work;
at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

In faithfulness you strengthen and guard;
you speak to us and through us
and through our work-
but only if
we do your will.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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