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.

May 10, 2008

I. Readings
Psalms 23, 92, 114
Ezekiel 36:22-27
Ephesians 6:1-24
Matthew 9:18-26

II. Selections
Psalm 92:2
...to declare your steadfast love in the morning,
and your faithfulness by night ...

Ezekiel 36:23b
...and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, when through you I display my holiness before their eyes.

Ephesians 6:15
As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace.

Matthew 9:26
And the report of [ the girl's restoration to life] spread throughout that district.

III. Meditation: In the morning and by night

Display your holiness through your people;
give us shoes to make us ready to proclaim
the gospel of peace, declaring your steadfast
love in the morning, your faithfulness by night.
Let the word spread throughout each district
until the world shall know that you are God.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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