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.

We Come Rejoicing--Sept. 13, 2013


 We come to you, O God, and we rejoice in you.
We do not need the fire to fall from heaven
or the preaching of John the Baptist
to make us kneel before you
and declare you God.
We come to you
and we
rejoice in you!

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 51; 148; 142; 65
1 Kings 18:20-40
Phil. 3:1-16
Matt. 3:1-12

Selected Verses

Ps. 65:2b
To you all flesh shall come.

1 Kings 18:38-39
Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and even licked up the water that was in the trench.  When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, "The LORD indeed is God; the LORD indeed is God."

Phil. 3:1
Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord.

Matt. 3:5
Then the people of Jerusalem and all Judea were going out to [John the Baptist], and all the region along the Jordan…

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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