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.


I Rejoice--Jan. 8, 2012



I rejoice in the Lord.
I rejoice because God
saw that creation was good.

I rejoice because Jesus takes away the sin of the world,
redeeming us and forgiving our trespasses.

I rejoice over the riches of God's grace
which God has lavished on us.

Therefore I will sing to the Lord
as long as I live.

I will sing praise to my God
while I have being.

May my meditation
be pleasing
to God.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 104; 150; 29
Gen. 1:1-2:3
Eph. 1:3-14
John 1:29-34

Selected Verses
Ps. 104:33-34
I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;
      I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
May my meditation be pleasing to him,
      for I rejoice in the LORD.

Gen. 1:12
The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good.

Eph. 1:7-8a
In [God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ] we have redemption through [Christ's] blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us.

John 1:29
The next day [John the baptizer] saw Jesus coming towards him and declared, "Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! …"
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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