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.

Be My Treasure, Jesus--May 21, 2014


Be my treasure, Jesus, and my heart will be with you.
Make my heart so full of thanksgiving to you,
so full of thanks there is no room left over for hate;
and I shall be at peace with all.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 99; 147:1-11; 9; 118
Lev. 19:1-18
1 Thess. 5:12-28
Matt. 6:19-24

Selected Verses
Ps. 9:1
I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;
          I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. 

Lev. 19:17a
You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin…  [The LORD speaking to the people through Moses]

1 Thess. 5:13b
Be at peace among yourselves. 

Matt. 6:21
"…For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.  …"  [Jesus to the crowd on the mountain]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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