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.

We Love You, O God, Our Strength--Dec. 4, 2014


Only you, O Lord, are worthy of exaltation.
Humble our haughtiness, bring low our pride,
make us increase and abound in love for one
another and for all, just as we abound in love
for you.  We love you, O God, our strength.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 18:1-20; 147:12-20; 126; 62
Isa. 2:5-22
1 Thess. 3:1-13
Luke 20:27-40

Selected Verses
Ps. 18:1
I love you, O LORD, my strength.

Isa. 2:17
The haughtiness of people shall be humbled,
     and the pride of everyone shall be brought low;
     and the LORD alone will be exalted on that day. 

1 Thess. 3:12
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you.

Luke 20:36
"…Indeed [those who have a place in the resurrection of the dead] cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. [Jesus to the Sadducees]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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