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.

What Your Kingdom Is Like--May 22, 2013


 I know not what your kingdom is like,
or to what I can compare it, O God;

but this is what I have gleaned today,
to this I hold fast in the mystery of faith--

that the earth is full of your steadfast love
and you love righteousness and justice.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 89:1-18; 147:1-11; 1; 33
Ruth 2:14-23
1 Tim. 3:1-16
Luke 13:18-30

Selected Verses

Ps. 33:5
[The LORD] loves righteousness and justice;
          the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.

Ruth 2:19a
Her mother-in-law said to [Ruth], "Where did you glean today?  And where have you worked?  Blessed be the man who took notice of you."

1 Tim. 3:9
[Deacons] must hold fast to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

Luke 13:18
[Jesus] said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like?  And to what should I compare it?  …"


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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