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.

Through the Spirit--Feb. 8, 2019



How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts.
Everyone is invited to your feast, and nothing to pay.
Dwell in our hearts, that we may live by the Spirit,
and through the Spirit, may listen to Jesus.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 148; 25; 40
Isa. 55:1-13
Gal. 5:16-24
Mark 9:2-13

Selected Verses
Ps. 84
How lovely is your dwelling place,
          O LORD of hosts! 

Isa. 55:1
Ho, everyone who thirsts,
          come to the waters;
and you that have no money,
          come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
          without money and without price. 

Gal. 5:16
Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh

Mark 9:7
Then a cloud overshadowed [Jesus, Elijah, Moses, and the three disciples], and from the cloud there came a voice, "This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!"

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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