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.

You Have Made Us, We Are Yours--Jan. 6, 2015

[From Jan. 6, 2007 archive]

You have made us; we are yours--
your people, the sheep of your pasture.

You do not force yourself upon us
nor proclaim your presence in a loud voice,

but your glory is a light and a lamp to us,
and your messenger announces peace.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 72; 146; 100; 67
Isa. 52:7-10
Rev. 21:22-27
Matt. 12:14-21

Selected Verses
Ps. 100:3
Know that the LORD is God.
          It is he that made us, and we are his;
          we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Isa. 52:7a
How beautiful upon the mountains
          are the feet of the messenger who announces peace…

Rev. 21:23
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Matt. 12:19
He will not wrangle or cry aloud,
          nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. 
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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