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.

From the Same Mouth--Sept. 30, 2012


Dear Lord and Father,
you are awesome in your deeds
among mortals.

When I see what you have done,
I bless your name.

Later with the same tongue I malign
those whom you have made in your likeness.

Is not this forsaking you?
Do I still not understand your teaching?

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 108; 150; 66; 23
Hosea 1:1-2:1
James 3:1-13
Matt. 13:44-52

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 66:5
Come and see what God has done:
          he is awesome in his deeds among mortals.

Hosea 1:2
When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the LORD."

James 3:9-10a
With [the tongue] we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God.  From the same mouth come blessing and cursing.

Matt. 13:51
"…Have you understood all this?"  [Jesus to his disciples]  They answered, "Yes."
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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