Today’s Walk in the Word

Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.                                 —Colossians 3:12 The sleazy mindset of vicious thinking is obnoxiously displayed on tabloid covers at the grocery checkout. Refuse to sink to scandal-sheet thinking. “In your hearts do not think […]

We know that he hears us—whatever we ask.                                         —1 John 5:15 Does your mind ever wander when you pray? Mine too. That’s when we mentally chastise ourselves and force a get-back-on-track. C.S. Lewis had a […]

What are . . . mere humans that you should care for us?                 —Psalm 8:4 “Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them” (Gn 15:5). An allegedly authoritative report claims that the universe has 350-billion galaxies, home to 30-billion-trillion stars. “[God] […]

Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.                        —Psalm 30:5 It seemed like the Walkers were getting a lifetime of trouble all in one year. Cheryl Walker said, “I think God wants us to never forget in the light what […]

Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him.                    —Mark 1:41 Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Paul Brand pioneered tendon-transplant operations on leprosy victims in India. One day a patient started weeping when Dr. Brand reached out and touched him. A nurse explained: “You touched him, […]

Get along with each other, and forgive each other.     —Colossians 3:13 “Inside of me,” said grandpa, “a ferocious fight is going on between two dogs. One is hostile, bristling with anger, hatred, envy, greed, and resentment. The other is peaceful, brimming with joy, love, generosity, serenity, and kindness.” “Which dog wins?” asked his […]

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.                   —1 Chronicles 16:34 Browsing a Hallmark display for a “Thank You” card, I spotted one with the caption, “Thank You for Being You.” The inside was blank—clean space for the sender’s words. I bought it. There’s a […]

Set out a sacrifice I can accept.                      —Psalm 50:14 Is there anything that God doesn’t have? According to Psalm 50, he says: “I do not need bulls from your stalls or goats from your pens, because every animal of the forest is already mine. The […]

I stand at the door and knock.               —Revelation 3:20 English artist William Holman Hunt’s painting, The Light of the World, hangs in the side chapel at Keble College, Oxford, England. It depicts Jesus knocking on a cottage door that has no handle. Hunt said he wanted the painting […]

They examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.                           —Acts 17:11 I had twin boy cousins who gave their trusting (gullible?) younger sister a lot of pain. Yes, pain. Coming home from Sunday school, they asked her […]