Hmm...

Today, being The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, we sang “What God ordains is always good.” I love how this hymn pairs with the comforting words of our Lord from Matthew 6 about not worrying about the morrow. But I confess that I am not quite sure why the stronger German opening doesn’t make the cut. Was Gott tut das ist wohl getan is the refrain with which each stanza kicks off. We could easily render it: What God does is well done indeed. “Ordains” seems to remove Him a step from the action. And the German makes it clear, He is above all the doer. Not merely the One who ordains what is done. I was a rebel and sang the opening in German for each stanza today, but hopefully not loudly enough to disturb anyone else’s singing.