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.


King of the Jews--Feb. 21, 2012



Here my prayer, O Lord;
let my cry come to you.

Help me to reject anger--not pressing
it until it produces strife--

to reject all that keeps me from
the surpassing value of knowing you.

You are King of the Jews;
be also King of my life.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 42; 146; 102; 133
Prov. 30:1-4, 24-33
Phil. 3:1-11
John 18:28-38

Selected Verses
Ps. 102:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD;
      let my cry come to you.

Prov. 30:33
For as pressing milk produces curds,
      and pressing the nose produces blood,
      so pressing anger produces strife.

Phil. 3:8a
More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.

John 18:33
Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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