His Time - Scripture Studies: Psalm 107, Proverbs 10, Reading from C.F.W. Walther

1. Meditation on the Day’s Psalm

Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on the Psalm of the Day, Psalm 107:23-32.

Psalm 107:23-32

²³Some went down to the sea in ships,
    doing business on the great waters;
²⁴they saw the deeds of the Lord,
    his wondrous works in the deep.
²⁵For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,
    which lifted up the waves of the sea.
²⁶They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
    their courage melted away in their evil plight;
²⁷they reeled and staggered like drunken men
    and were at their wits’ end.^[a]
²⁸Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
²⁹He made the storm be still,
    and the waves of the sea were hushed.
³⁰Then they were glad that the waters^[b] were quiet,
    and he brought them to their desired haven.
³¹Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!
³²Let them extol him in the congregation of the people,
    and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

Footnotes:

Psalm 107:27 Hebrew and all their wisdom was swallowed up
Psalm 107:30 Hebrew they

2. Meditation on Proverbs

Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on Proverbs 10:17-21.

Proverbs 10:17-21

¹⁷Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life,
    but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.
¹⁸The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
    and whoever utters slander is a fool.
¹⁹When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
    but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
²⁰The tongue of the righteous is choice silver;
    the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
²¹The lips of the righteous feed many,
    but fools die for lack of sense.

3. Meditation on the Church from “The Church and the Office of the Ministry” by C.F.W. Walther

Rev. Jonathan Fisk meditates on the Church from The Church and the Office of the Ministry by C.F.W. Walther. Find your copy at cph.org.

Andy Bates, DCE

If you haven’t had Associate Executive Director's Andy Bates’s smoked mac and cheese from scratch (yes, including the noodles), you’re missing out on a magical food experience. Although he’ll gladly go venturing through the woods in his Vivobarefoot Trail Freaks (those are shoes), he’ll also stay happily busy automating every possible thing in his home while eating cherry cheesecake brownies made by his wife, Lauren. As a Theatre major, don’t ask him to pick a favorite play, but you may find him hanging out with his adorable son watching Trolls or listening to bluegrass or the latest audiobook on biomechanics.