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.

All Wise and All Knowing--Dec. 27, 2013


 God, all wise and all knowing,
we rejoice in your wisdom.

To love you is to obey you--
to depart from evil and do good;
to seek peace and pursue it;
and above all, to have love
for one another.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 34; 148; 19; 121
Prov. 8:22-30
1 John 5:1-12
John 13:20-25

Selected Verses

Ps. 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good;
          seek peace, and pursue it.

Prov. 8:30b-c
…and I was daily [the LORD's] delight,
     rejoicing before him always.
[The voice of Wisdom]

1 John 5:3
For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments.  And his commandments are not burdensome…

John 13:35
"…By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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