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.

With Peace and Joy in the Spirit--Feb. 15, 2014


 
You have made the moon and the sun
to mark the seasons,
but Jacob so loved Rachel that seven years
seemed like a few days.
Teach us to love you all our days and years,
with peace and joy in the Spirit;
teach us to honor Jesus by the way we live,
that also we may honor you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98

Gen. 29:1-20
Rom. 14:1-23
John 8:47-59

Selected Verses

Ps. 104:19

You have made the moon to mark the seasons;
          the sun knows its time for setting.

Gen. 29:20
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

Rom. 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

John 8:49
Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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