Today’s Walk in the Word

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race.       —2 Timothy 4:7 He resolved to be a daily Bible reader last year. Leviticus was a challenge, and by the time he reached the fourth chapter of Numbers, neither his eyes nor his mind would focus. He quit reading. She resolved […]

Have courage, and be strong.         —1 Corinthians 16:13 The Romans were fanatic sports fans. Pelt the field with beer cans, water bottles, and hot dog wrappers? Nope! Rocks! Telemachus, a monk, was appalled to see two gladiators fighting in the Coliseum, so he stepped into the arena to separate them. The […]

Keep your heart with all diligence.                     —Proverbs 4:23 The Israelites were an erratic bunch: singing at the tops of their voices when they crossed the Red Sea without getting mud on their sandals, and bellyaching three days later about bitter water (Ex 15). When Moses […]

Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.     —Ephesians6:10 On June 18, 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressed the House of Commons, saying, “I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. . . . The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. […]

Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct your paths.             —Proverbs 3:6 The third chapter of Ecclesiastes opens with fourteen couplets, declaring that life consists of seasons and that each season has its opposite: joy to sadness and vice versa, etc. Let’s get this out of […]

Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history.                      —Isaiah 43:18 In a split-second, Christopher Reeve went from Superman to quadriplegic. Christopher starred as Superman in four movies. On May 27, 1995, he was thrown from his horse and left paralyzed from his neck […]

[Carefully consider] the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that.                —Galatians 6:4 Roger Ebert (1942–2013), was a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Fellow journalist Dennis King wrote of Ebert: “With all his notoriety, honors, and celebrity, all his exclusive interviews and […]

I am Your unique creation, filled with wonder and awe.             —Psalm 139:14 I’ve read that the universe has 350-billion galaxies, home to 30-billion-trillion stars and that our solar system is thirty-six billion times larger than earth. I can’t vouch for the accuracy of those numbers—but our earth is certainly […]

Disciples were called Christians.                   —Acts 11:26 The Nightingale Pledge, composed by Lystra Gretter, is a statement of the ethics of the nursing profession. It was first quoted by the graduating class of Harper Hospital in Detroit in 1893. At commencement and pinning ceremonies, graduating nurses have […]

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger. —Ephesians 4:31 In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens introduces us to a bitter old lady, Miss Havisham. She’s wearing a tattered wedding dress and has wilted flowers in her hair. On her wedding day, the guests had come, but the bridegroom hadn’t. At twenty minutes until nine, he’d […]