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.

December 07, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 18:1-20, 62, 126
Isaiah 2:5-22
1 Thessalonians 3:1-13
Luke 20:27-40

II. Selections
Psalm 18:1
I love you, O LORD, my strength.

Isaiah 2:5
O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD.

1 Thessalonians 3:12
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you.

Luke 20:36
Indeed they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.

III. Meditation: Children of the resurrection

We love you,
O God, our strength.
Let us walk in your light.

Grant that we may increase
and abound in love
for one another and for all,

that we may be your children,
children of the resurrection.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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