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.

June 03, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 103, 117, 139
Deuteronomy 6:1-15
Ephesians 4:1-16
John 1:1-18

II. Selections
Psalm 103:2
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and do not forget all his benefits ...

Deuteronomy 6:5
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.

Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called ...

John 1:10
[ The Word] was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him.

III. Meditation: To which we have been called

You are in the world, and the world
came into being through you,
yet the world does not know you.

Help us to live a life
worthy of the calling
to which we have been called-

to forget not all your benefits;
to love you with all our heart,
all our soul, and all our might.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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