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 Christ, a New Creation--Dec. 31, 2018


Lord Jesus Christ, to know you
is to know the Father also.
You are near to all who call on you,
to all who call on you in truth.

Those of steadfast mind
you keep in peace, in peace
because they trust in you.
 
If anyone is in you,
there is a new creation:
everything old has passed away;
everything has become new.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 98; 145; 45; 96
Isa. 26:1-6
2 Cor. 5:16-6:2
John 8:12-19

Selected Verses
Ps. 145:18
The Lord is near to all who call on him,
          to all who call on him in truth. 

Isa. 26:3
Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace—
          in peace because they trust in you. 

2 Cor. 5:17
So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!

John 8:19
Then [the Pharisees] said to [Jesus], "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father.  If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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