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.

To Lead a Life Worthy of the Call--Jan. 17, 2016


Gracious God, sometimes your call is clear
and specific, and some people respond.
Others of us respond; nevertheless
the lives we lead are not
worthy of the call.

O that all
would listen to you
and would walk in your ways!

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 19; 150; 81; 113
Gen. 7:1-10, 17-23
Eph. 4:1-16
Mark 3:7-19

Selected Verses
Ps. 81:13
O that my people would listen to me,
          that Israel would walk in my ways! 

Gen. 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.  …"

Eph. 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called…

Mark 3:13
[Jesus] went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. 
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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