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 05, 2010


We Will Exult in You

I. Readings
Psalms 99, 147:1-11, 9, 118
Leviticus 19:1-18
1 Thessalonians 5:12-28
Matthew 6:19-24

II. Selections
Psalm 9:2
I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Leviticus 19:14
You shall not revile the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind; you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

1 Thessalonians 5:13b
Be at peace among yourselves.

Matthew 6:20
“…but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. … ” [Jesus to the crowds on the mountain]

III. Meditation

We will be glad and exult in you;
we will sing praise to your name,
O God Most High.

If praise to your name is our focus,
we will store up for ourselves treasures
in heaven, not treasures on earth.

If our chief aim is to glorify you,
we will see to the well being of persons
physically or mentally challenged.

To be glad and exult in you
is to live at peace among ourselves.
Grant us such peace, O God Most High.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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