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.

Anger: Light or Darkness?--Oct. 28, 2014


God, you will reign forever and ever;
with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.

But when I am angry,
remind me to consider--
is it right, or has the light  
in me turned into darkness?

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 12; 146; 36; 7
Jonah 3:1-4:11
Rev. 11:14-19
Luke 11:27-36

Selected Verses
Ps. 36:9
For with you is the fountain of life;
          in your light we see light.

Jonah 4:4
And the Lord said [to Jonah], "Is it right for you to be angry?"

Rev. 11:15
Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign forever and ever."

Luke 11:35
"…Therefore consider whether the light in you is not darkness.  …"  [Jesus to the crowds]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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