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.

God of Peace, Not Disorder--March 31, 2020


O God, you have a mighty hand,
but you are a God of peace,
not a God of disorder.

 May we depart from evil,
do good, seek peace
with one another,
and pursue it.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 34; 146; 25; 91
Exod. 5:1-6:1
1 Cor. 14:20-33a, 39-40
Mark 9:42-50

Selected Verses
Ps. 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good;
          seek peace, and pursue it.

Exod. 6:1
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh: Indeed, by a mighty hand he will let them go; by a mighty hand he will drive them out of his land.”

1 Cor. 14:33a
…for God is a God not of disorder but of peace.

Mark 9:50b
“…Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”  [Jesus, to his disciples]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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