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 22, 2008

I. Readings
Psalms 16, 62, 97
Proverbs 7:1-27
1 John 5:13-21
Matthew 11:25-30

II. Selections
Psalm 97:2
Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Proverbs 7:4
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister,"
and call insight your intimate friend ...

1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants ... "

III. Meditation: Wisdom and insight, sister and friend

Clouds and thick darkness are all around you,
but you have given us Jesus, in whom we have
understanding of things hidden from the wise.
Jesus is our way to wisdom and insight.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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