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.

Fullness of Joy--Dec. 4, 2020

 

Show us the path of life, dear God;

in your presence there is fullness of joy;

in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

 

Forbid that we should let leaders confuse us

and take us down a path of selfishness 

instead of love for one another.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 102; 148; 130; 16

Isa. 3:1-4:1

1 Thess. 4:1-12

Luke 20:41-21:4

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 16:11

You show me the path of life.
          In your presence there is fullness of joy;
          in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

 

Isa. 3:12b

O my people, your leaders mislead you,
          and confuse the course of your paths.

 

1 Thess. 4:9

Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another…

 

Luke 21:3-4

[Jesus] said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

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