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 12, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 7, 12, 36
Deuteronomy 30:11-20
2 Corinthians 11:1-21a
Luke 19:1-10

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

Deuteronomy 30:19a-20b
Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, loving the LORD your God, obeying him, and holding fast to him ...

2 Corinthians 11:2
I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Luke 19:10
" ...For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost." [ Jesus, to those who grumbled over his plans to visit Zacchaeus]

III. Meditation: Marriage to Christ

To marry Christ (who came
to seek out and save the lost)
is to choose life, love and obey
and hold fast to you,
feast on your abundance,
and drink from the river
of your delights.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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