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.

Reconciled to Be Reconciling--Feb. 20, 2020

Be gracious to us, dear Lord, 

and bless us with your saving power.


Grant us wisdom to realize what it means

that the Son of Man came to serve,

not to be served, reconciling

 the world to himself.

 

May we serve you

by serving  others;

may our service lead

to more reconciliation.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93

Prov. 1:20-33

2 Cor. 5:11-21

Mark 10:35-45

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 67:1-2

May God be gracious to us and bless us
          and make his face to shine upon us, Selah
that your way may be known upon earth,
          your saving power among all nations.

 

Prov. 1:20

Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice. 

 

2 Cor. 5:19

…that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. 

 

Mark 10:45

“…For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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