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.

When We Want the Glory--July 15, 2019


Jesus came to proclaim the Good News of your love;
Barnabas rejoiced over the success of strangers,
but we are often like King Saul, jealous
over the victories of our rivals.
Remind us, dear God--
all the glory
belongs to you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29
1 Sam. 18:5-30
Acts 11:19-30
Mark 1:29-45

Selected Verses
Ps. 29:2
Ascribe to the LORD the glory of his name;
          worship the LORD in holy splendor.

1 Sam. 18:8
Saul was very angry, for this saying displeased him.  He said, “They have ascribed to David tens of thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands; what more can he have but the kingdom?” 

Acts 11:21-23a
The hand of the Lord was with [the speakers from Cyprus and Cyrene], and a great number became believers and turned to the Lord.  News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.  When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced…

Mark 1:38
[Jesus] answered [his disciples], “Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do.”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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