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 03, 2008

I. Readings
Psalms 103, 117, 139
Malachi 4:1-6
2 Corinthians 3:7-18
Luke 9:18-27

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

Malachi 4:2
But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

2 Corinthians 3:18
And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.

Luke 9:20
[ Jesus] said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Messiah of God."

III. Meditation: From Peter's answer

Peter makes his declaration,
and the sun of righteousness
rises with healing in its wings.
We leap like calves from the stall.

May our lives reflect your glory,
all transformed by your Spirit;
and may we bless your name,
forgetting not your benefits.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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