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.


A Part of Wisdom--Dec. 27, 2011



O God, wisdom is part of your creation;
and a part of wisdom is to know you,
to love you, and to love one another.

Keep us away from proud thoughts,
for these have dominion over us;
and they will shut out wisdom.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 34; 136; 19; 121
Prov. 8:22-30
1 John 5:1-12
John 13:20-35

Selected Verses
Ps. 19:13
Keep back your servant also from proud thoughts,
      do not let them have dominion over me.
[Alternative reading]

Prov. 8:22
The LORD created me at the beginning of his work,
      the first of his acts of long ago.

1 John 5:1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.

John 13:35
"…By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." [Jesus to his disciples, on the night he was betrayed]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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