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.

In an Everlasting Kingdom--Dec. 20, 2021


Lord Jesus, our hearts exult in you.

Your kingdom is everlasting; 

of your kingdom there will be no end.

 

May our hearts exult in you,

and our strength be exalted in you, 

that we may be sound in faith,

in love, and in endurance.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 122; 145; 40; 67

1 Sam. 2:1b-10

Titus 2:1-10

Luke 1:26-38

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 145:13

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
          and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

 

1 Sam. 2:1b

“My heart exults in the LORD; 

my strength is exalted in my God.  …”

[Hannah’s prayer]                               

 

Titus 2:2

Tell the older men to be temperate, serious, prudent, and sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

 

Luke 1:33

“…[Your Son] will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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