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 the Morning, Your Steadfast Love--Dec. 5, 2015


Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
O God, so that we may rejoice and be glad,
and keep us in your love all our days,
looking forward to the mercy
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In gratitude may we
remember to give you
the things that are yours--
our lives, dedicated to a world
where justice rolls down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 90; 149; 80; 72
Amos 5:18-27
Jude 17-25
Matt. 22:15-22

Selected Verses
Ps. 90:14
 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
          so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 

Amos 5:24
But let justice roll down like waters,
        and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Jude 21
…keep yourselves in the love of God; look forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

Matt. 22:21b
Then [Jesus] said to [those who were trying to trap him], "Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor's, and to God the things that are God's."

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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