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.

A Secret Too Good to Be Kept--Nov. 15, 2019



King of kings, Lord of lords—
some secrets are too good to be kept;

God makes us rejoice over them;
our joy can be heard far away.

Glad in you, we shout it out:
“You are the Messiah.”

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139
Neh. 12:27-31a, 42b-47
Rev. 19:11-16
Matt. 16:13-20

Selected Verses
Ps. 32:11
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous,
          and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

Neh. 12:43
[The singers] offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced.  The joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.

Rev. 19:16
On [the rider’s] robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, “King of kings and Lord of lords.”

Matt. 16:20
Then [Jesus] sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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