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 Gift of Eternal Life--Dec. 27, 2021


Creator God, author of wisdom,

teach us to be wise:

 

To depart from evil, and do good;

to seek peace, and pursue it;

 

To love one another,

as you have loved us;

 

And thus to live in your Son,

which is the gift of eternal life.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 34; 145; 19; 121

Prov. 8:22-30

1 John 5:1-12

John 13:20-35

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 34:14

Depart from evil, and do good;
          seek peace, and pursue it.

 

Prov. 8:22

The LORD created me at the beginning of his work,
          the first of his acts of long ago.

 

1 John 5:11

And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

 

John 13:34

“…I give you a new commandment, that you love one another.  Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.  …”  [Jesus, to his disciples, after Judas left the table]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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