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.

If We Love One Another--Dec. 27, 2019



We rejoice before you always, O God,
for you have made your commandments clear,
that we must love you and love one another.
Just as you have loved us, we also should
love one another.  And if we love one
another, all will know we are
your disciples.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 34; 148; 19; 121
Prov. 8:22-30
1 John 5:1-12
John 13:20-35

Selected Verses
Ps. 19
…the commandment of the LORD is clear,
          enlightening the eyes…

Prov. 8:30
…then I was beside [the LORD], like a master worker;
and I was daily his delight,
     rejoicing before him always.

1 John 5:2
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

John 13:34-35
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.  By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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