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.

October 31, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 7, 12, 36
Jonah 3:1-4:11
Revelation 11:14-19
Luke 11:27-36

II. Selections
Psalm 36:8
[ All people] feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

Jonah 4:11
" ...And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?" [ God to Jonah]

Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,
"The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Messiah,
and he will reign forever and ever."

Luke 11:28
But [ Jesus] said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"

III. Meditation: How best to praise you

Your kingdom includes the whole world,
and you will reign forever and ever.

The abundance of your house extends even to Nineveh;
the invitation to your feast is for everyone;
all may drink from the river of your delights.

How shall we show our thanks and praise?
By hearing your word and obeying it.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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