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.

Security and Peace--Feb. 26--2022

 

Walls do not provide peace,

nor are towers a source of security.

Happiness comes from keeping your ways,

peace from putting our trust in you,

saving our life is by losing it.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 122; 149; 100; 63

Prov. 8:22-36

2 Tim. 1:1-14

John 12:20-26

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 122:6-7

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
          “May they prosper who love you.
Peace be within your walls,
          and security within your towers.”

 

Prov. 8:32

"And now, my children, listen to me: happy are those who keep my ways.  

 

2 Tim. 1:12

…and for this reason I suffer as I do.  But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day what I have entrusted to him.

 

John 12:25

Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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