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.

Cause to Rejoice in the Holy Spirit--June 1, 2014


God, you are from everlasting;
and you are a consuming fire.

Yet you promise to be with us
and you reveal yourself to us--

the unwise, the unintelligent--
for such is your gracious will.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 93; 150; 136; 117
Exod. 3:1-12
Heb. 12:18-29
Luke 10:17-24

Selected Verses
Ps. 93:1b-2
 [The LORD] has established the world; it shall never be moved; 
            your throne is established from of old;
            you are from everlasting.

Exod. 3:12a
[The LORD] said [to Moses], "I will be with you …"

Heb. 12:29
…for indeed our God is a consuming fire.

Luke 10:21
At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.   …" 
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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