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.

In Your Wisdom and Your Love--Dec. 27, 2012


 God, in wisdom you created;
and in love you gave us Jesus,
who was near the brokenhearted
and who saved the crushed in spirit.

God, grant us wisdom, grant us love,
so we may show our love for you,
obeying your commandments
and loving one another.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 34; 147:12-20; 19; 121

Prov. 8:22-30
1 John 5:1-12
John 13:20-35

Selected Verses

Ps. 34:18

The LORD is near to the brokenhearted,
          and saves the crushed in spirit.

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

1 John 5:3a
For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments.

John 13:34b
"…Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.  …"  [Jesus to his eleven disciples, the night he was betrayed]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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