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.

Now in a Mirror, Dimly--Oct. 11, 2021

[From Oct. 16, 2017 archive]

 

Now we know only in part,

but know that you are good;

 

now we see in a mirror, dimly, 

but we know that you are gracious;

 

some day we will see you face to face,

but already we know you take care of us;

 

without payment we have received from you, 

and it is without payment we must give to others.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 135; 145; 97; 112

Jer. 36:11-26

1 Cor. 13:4-13

Matt. 10:5-15

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 135:3

Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; 
          sing to his name, for he is gracious. 

 

Jer. 36:26

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son and Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the secretary Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah.  But the LORD hid them.

 

1 Cor. 13:12

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face.  Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.

 

Matt. 10:8

“…Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.  You received without payment; give without payment.  …”  [Jesus, to his twelve disciples]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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