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.

Your Treasure in Clay Jars--May 29, 2015


O God, you search us
and are acquainted
with all our ways.

Yet, were it not for you,
we would have no freedom.

Keep us faithful in small matters,
that we may stay faithful in large ones.

Put your treasure in the clay jars of our lives,
and--whatever good happens--yours be the glory.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139
Deut. 5:1-22
2 Cor. 4:1-12
Luke 16:10-18

Selected Verses
Ps. 139:3
You search out my path and my lying down,
          and are acquainted with all my ways. 

Deut. 5:6
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery…

2 Cor. 4:7
But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. 

Luke 16:10
"…Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.  …"  [Jesus to his disciples]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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