Tonight I was studying late in the Stupe, Wheaton’s café with some of the College Group members. I finished my work, but my friend Clara implored me to stay a bit later. So, I got out my Bible and read one of my favorite passages, Psalm 1.
1 Blessed is the man
who a walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor d sits in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.3 He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
I had verse 2 on my mind tonight. As we’re learning in Dr. Ryken’s class, this could be an example of merism. Merism is when a poet mentions two things and it is implied that it includes everything in between.
More practically, it makes a good case for morning and evening devotions and study of Scripture. Anyway, I never really knew how one could meditate at night. Tonight I did so. Maybe it wasn’t very good, but in a rather sleepy state I carefully read and recited Psalm 1. Its a good passage and a great reminder to how we discipline ourselves, who we associate with, and how we talk to God. Time to go to bed.