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.

How Best to Serve You, God--June 18, 2014


It is good to sing of your steadfast love
and to proclaim your faithfulness;
it is good to prophesy, O God;
perhaps it is even better to
be as humble as a child.

However we serve you,
we have no excuse
to pass judgment
on the way that
others do.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 89:1-18; 147:1-11; 1; 33
Numb. 11:24-35
Rom. 1:28-2:11
Matt. 18:1-9

Selected Verses
Ps. 89:1
 I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever;
          with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. 

Numb. 11:29
But Moses said to [Joshua], "Are you jealous for my sake?  Would that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit on them!" 

Rom. 2:1
Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things. 

Matt. 18:4
"…Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  …"  [Jesus to his disciples] 
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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