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.

Reveal Your Thoughts to Mortals--Dec. 5, 2019



Lord, God of hosts,
you create the wind;
you form the mountains;
you make the morning darkness
and reveal your thoughts to mortals.

We thank you for the parables of Jesus;
help us realize how they speak to us
and act accordingly when they do.

We love you, God, our strength,
as we pray for the time when
righteousness is at home.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 18:1-20; 147:12-20; 126; 62
Amos 4:6-13
2 Peter 3:11-18
Matt. 21:33-46

Selected Verses
Ps. 18:1
I love you, O LORD, my strength.

Amos 4:13
For lo, the one who forms the mountains, creates the wind,
        reveals his thoughts to mortals,
makes the morning darkness,
        and treads on the heights of the earth —
        the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name!

2 Peter 3:13
But, in accordance with [God’s] promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.

Matt. 21:45
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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