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.

In Our Midst--Dec. 25, 2010

You have taken pleasure in your people;
you have adorned the humble with victory;
you have come to dwell in our midst.

He whom you have sent speaks your words,
for you give the Spirit without measure.
You love the Son; all things are in his hands.

Therefore in you we sing and rejoice—
you live in us, and your love is perfected
in us when we love one another.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 2, 149, 98, 96
Zech. 2:10-13
1 John 4:7-16
John 3:31-36

Selected Verses
Ps. 149:4
For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
      he adorns the humble with victory.
      He whom you have sent speaks your words

Zech. 2:10
Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! For lo, I will come and dwell in your midst, says the LORD.

1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.

John 3:34-35
He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in his hands.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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