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.

Sent with Nothing, Lacking Nothing--Dec. 15, 2012


 Lord Jesus, you send us out with nothing;
and, if we go in obedience, we lack nothing.
Why should we fear what others fear,
or dread what others dread?

Let your work be manifest in your servants,
and your glorious power to their children.
Then we will not grow weary
in doing your will.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 90; 149; 80; 72
Isa. 8:1-15
2 Thess. 3:6-18
Luke 22:31-38

Selected Verses
Ps. 90:16
 Let your work be manifest to your servants,
          and your glorious power to their children.

Isa. 8:12
Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what it fears, or be in dread.

2 Thess. 3:13
Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right.

Luke 22:35
[Jesus] said to [his disciples], "When I sent you out without a purse, bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?" They said, "No, not a thing."

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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