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.

The Fullness of God--Dec. 26, 2021


Jesus, in you the fullness of God 

was pleased to dwell.

 

Before you, we pour out our souls;

be gracious and answer us.

 

Let our eyes see your salvation, 

and give us your peace.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 116; 150; 119:1-24; 27

1 Sam. 1:1-2, 7b-28

Col. 1:9-20

Luke 2:22-40

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 27:7

Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud,
          be gracious to me and answer me!

 

1 Sam. 1:15

But Hannah answered [Eli], “No, my lord, I am a woman deeply troubled; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.  …”

 

Col. 1:19

“…For in [his beloved Son] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell…”

 

Luke 2:29-30

“Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace,
          according to your word;
for my eyes have seen your salvation…”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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