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.

To Be Temples of God--Feb. 28, 2021


O God, let us be your temples,

your Spirit dwelling in us.

 

Counsel us; instruct us; 

teach us the way we should go, 

and put your words in our mouths.

 

If we do your will, Christ will claim us

as his brothers and sisters and mothers.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 84; 150; 42; 32

Jer. 1:1-10

1 Cor. 3:11-23

Mark 3:31-4:9

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 32:8

I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
          I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

 

Jer. 1:9

Then the LORD put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the LORD said to me,
     “Now I have put my words in your mouth.  …”

 

1 Cor. 3:16

Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

 

Mark 3:35

“…Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”  [Jesus, to the crowd]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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