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.


With Indescribable, Glorious Joy--Nov. 21, 2011



As a man and his wife become one flesh,
those who know your name put their trust in you.

Although we do not see you, we love you
and rejoice with an indescribable, glorious joy.

When the time of terror comes, sun and
moon grow dark, stars withdraw their shining,

we still will put our trust in you, O God,
who have not forsaken those who seek you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 62; 145; 73; 9
Joel 3:1-2, 9-17
1 Peter 1:1-12
Matt. 19:1-12

Selected Verses
Ps. 9:10
And those who know your name put their trust in you,
      for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Joel 3:15
The sun and the moon are darkened,
      and the stars withdraw their shining.

1 Peter 1:8
Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy…

Matt. 19:6a
"…So [a man and his wife] are no longer two, but one flesh. …" [Jesus to Pharisees who asked about divorce]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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