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 Walk in Your Truth--Dec. 30, 2017


May we walk, O God, in the light of your countenance;
as we receive your word, may we start on our way.
There is no greater joy than to walk in your truth,
and may your truth be the word in our mouth.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 93; 149; 89:1-18; 89:19-52
1 Kings 17:17-24
3 John 1-15
John 4:46-54

Selected Verses
Ps. 89:15
 Happy are the people who know the festal shout,
          who walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance…

1 Kings 17:24
So the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth."

3 John 4
I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

John 4:50b
The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started on his way. 

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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