Today’s Walk in the Word

The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber.       —Romans 13:11 Movies have an advantage: if a scene doesn’t go well, no problem; reshoot it—as many times as it takes to get it perfect. Real life doesn’t offer that option. Here’s something you’ve said more than once: “If I […]

Those who do not control themselves are like a city whose walls are broken down.                 —Proverbs 25:28 Do you have any bad habits? If you say “No,” I need to remind you that lying is a bad habit. If you want to conquer a habit, here’s a […]

It is better to win control over yourself than over whole cities.              —Proverbs 16:32 Name three things that irritate you. I’ll go first: Know-it-alls who do little but know what everyone else should do and how they should do it; Interrupters who jump in with their two cents when […]

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.          —1 Corinthians 15:22 We exercise, we watch what we eat; which may—or may not—delay death. At best, it only postpones it. Death is the biggest bully in the building, and fear is his most potent weapon. […]

Be careful how you live, not as fools but as those who are wise.              —Ephesians 5:15 It wasn’t Ernest Hemingway’s best-crafted sentence, but it makes the point: “Time is the least thing we have of.” Or as Alexander Pope had it: “Swift fly the years.” You don’t need the […]

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.                        —Ecclesiastes 3:1 Life has three chapters: Past; Present; Future. Past: Life is short. The Bible describes life as a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then vanishes, a fleeting […]

I will not neglect your word.        —Psalm 119:16 Dear Abby told about a boy in a wealthy family who expected to receive his dream car as a graduation gift. Instead, his father gave him a gift-wrapped box, in which he found a Bible. Angrily throwing it down, he stormed out of the […]

The words of a wise person are gracious.                  —Ecclesiastes 10:12 The manager of the shoe department at my nearby Dillard’s advises salespeople: “Never tell a lady, your foot is too big for this shoe; instead, tell her, I’m sorry, but this shoe is just a little too […]

Be generous and willing to share.              —1 Timothy 6:18 A restaurant manager told me he has a hard time getting a full crew to serve tables on Sundays. “My waitpeople had rather work ’til closing on Friday and Saturday nights than noon and dinner shifts on Sunday.” “Why?” I […]

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you.     —Psalm 55:22 Are you facing into tornadic winds of anxiety or grief? Trying to cope when there seems to be no hope? Simplistic, epigrammatic counsel, however well-meaning, doesn’t help. H.L. Mencken wrote: “There’s always an easy solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, […]