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.

In You no Partiality, O God--July 10, 2015


Great are you, O God,
and your Son is the Beloved,
and you are well pleased with him.
May all who seek you rejoice and be glad
in you, for truly you show no partiality
and expect us to show no partiality
as you send us to see how our
sisters and brothers fare--
inclusive of ethnicity
and social class
and gender
choice.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 148; 25; 40
1 Sam. 17:17-30
Acts 10:34-48
Mark 1:1-13

Selected Verses
Ps. 40:16
But may all who seek you
          rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
          say continually, “Great is the LORD!” 

1 Sam. 17:18b
"…See how your brothers fare, and bring some token from them.”  [Jesse to David]

Acts 10:34
Then Peter began to speak to Cornelius [and his relatives and friends]: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality…"

Mark 1:11
And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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