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.

He Who Looked at Peter--Dec. 15, 2020

 

God Our Maker,

you planted the ear, you hear;

you formed the eye, and you see.

 

You see, but we walk in darkness.

We live in a land of deep darkness.

 

You sent us a Light for our darkness;

have we failed to see his majesty?

 

The Lord Jesus Christ is the Light;

he turned and looked at Peter.

 

What did he see in Peter?

What does he see in us?

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 33; 146; 85; 94

Isa. 9:2-7

2 Peter 1:12-21

Luke 22:54-69

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 94:9

He who planted the ear, does he not hear?

          He who formed the eye, does he not see?

 

Isa. 9:2

The people who walked in darkness
     have seen a great light;
those who lived in a land of deep darkness—
     on them light has shined.

 

2 Peter 1:16

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty.

 

Luke 22:61a

The Lord turned and looked at Peter.


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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