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 25, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 32, 42, 84
Jeremiah 9:23-24
I Corinthians 1:18-31
Mark 2:18-22

II. Selections
Psalm 84:2b
...my heart and my flesh sing for joy
to the living God.

Jeremiah 9:24b
...I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the LORD.

I Corinthians 1:30
[ God] is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption ...

Mark 2:19
Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. ... "

III. Meditation: Wedding guests still with the bridegroom

Our heart and our flesh sing for joy to you,
O Living God, the source of our life in
Christ Jesus, who became for us
wisdom from you, and
righteousness and
sanctification
and redemption.
You act with steadfast
love, justice, and righteousness
in the earth; in these things you delight.
We sing, wedding guests with the bridegroom.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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