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 Peace of the Good Shepherd--Feb. 16, 2022

 

In peace I will lie down; 

in your peace I will sleep.

 

In you my sins forgiven,

with you alone my witness,

 

I recognize your voice,

and you know who I am.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 15; 147:1-11; 48; 4

Gen. 31:25-50

1 John 2:12-17

John 10:1-18

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 4:8

I will both lie down and sleep in peace;
          for you alone, O LORD, make me lie down in safety.

 

Gen. 31:50

“…If you ill-treat my daughters, or if you take wives in addition to my daughters, though no one else is with us, remember that God is witness between you and me.”  [Laban, to his nephew, Jacob]

 

1 John 2:12

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name. 

 

John 10:4

“…When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.  …”  [Jesus, speaking of himself as the Good Shepherd, to his investigators.]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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