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.

Faith Working Through Love--June 13, 2018



O God Most Holy, you take no delight
in weapons of war or in our prowess,
for wisdom is better than might.
Yet human wisdom often errs,
while your wisdom
goes unheeded--
we demand evidence
before we accept anything.
At least help us understand
that what counts is faith
working through love.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 96; 147:1-11; 132; 134
Eccl. 9:11-18
Gal. 5:1-15
Matt. 16:1-12

Selected Verses
Ps. 147:10
 [The LORD's] delight is not in the strength of the horse,
          nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner…

Eccl. 9:16
So I said, "Wisdom is better than might; yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded."

Gal. 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.

Matt. 16:1
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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