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.


Only in Part is Sufficient--Oct.10, 2011

Almighty God, righteousness and justice
are the foundation of your throne;

but clouds and thick darkness
are all around you.

We see dimly, know only in part;
yet know your kingdom has come near.

You have given us your word;
forbid that we should flaunt it;

for "only in part"
is sufficient.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 135; 145; 97; 112
Jer. 36:11-26
1 Cor. 13:4-13
Matt. 10:5-15

Selected Verses
Ps. 97:2
Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Jer. 36:23
As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a penknife and throw them into the fire in the brazier, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.

1 Cor. 13:12
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.

Matt. 10:7-8
"…As you go, proclaim the good news, 'The kingdom of heaven has come near.' …"
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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