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 01, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 63, 90, 125
Micah 7:11-20
1 Peter 4:7-19
Matthew 20:29-34

II. Selections
Psalm 90:16
Let your work be manifest to your servants,
and your glorious power to their children.

Micah 7:18a
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
and passing over the transgression
of the remnant of your possession?

1 Peter 4:19
Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God's will entrust themselves to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.

Matthew 20:32
Jesus stood still and called [ the blind men], saying, "What do you want me to do for you?"

III. Meditation: What do we want you to do for us?

What do we want you to do for us?

Pardon our iniquity,
pass over our transgression.
Make your work manifest to us,
and your glorious power to our children.
If we suffer according to your will,
may we entrust ourselves to you
and continue to work for good.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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