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.

Lives Worthy of the Calling--Jan. 21, 2019


Great God of love and mercy, you are good to all;
your compassion is over all you have made.
You formed us to be your servants,
and you will not forget us.

Lord Jesus, you have called us, and we came;
help us lead lives worthy of the calling,
with all humility and gentleness,
and with patience, bearing
with one another
in love.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 135; 145; 97; 112
Isa. 44:6-8, 21-23
Eph. 4:1-16
Mark 3:7-19a

Selected Verses
Ps. 145:9
The LORD is good to all,
          and his compassion is over all that he has made.

Isa. 44:21b
 I formed you, you are my servant;
          O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me. 

Eph. 4:1-2
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love…

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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