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.

From Everlasting to Everlasting You Are God--Dec. 6, 2014


Before the mountains were brought forth,
you are God.

Before ever you had formed the earth and the world,
you are God.

When a beautiful temple dedicated to you is destroyed,
you are God.

When we grieve the loss of a loved one who has died,
you are God.

When the fruit of the land is our pride and glory,
you are God.

From everlasting to everlasting,
you are God.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 90; 149; 80; 72
Isa. 4:2-6
1 Thess. 4:13-18
Luke 21:5-19

Selected Verses
Ps. 90:2
Before the mountains were brought forth,
          or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
          from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

Isa. 4:2
On that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel. 

1 Thess. 4:13
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 

Luke 21:5
When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, [Jesus] said,  "As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down."

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