Today’s Walk in the Word

Before you were born I set you apart.                            —Jeremiah 1:5 God knew something about Jeremiah that Jeremiah didn’t know: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” (Jer 1:5). God knew Jeremiah’s […]

The Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.       —Genesis 28:16 At his campsite, Jacob went to sleep and dreamed about angels, and heaven, and God’s promises concerning the future. Waking up wide-eyed, he said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of […]

My eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord.                                 —Psalm 141:8 “You have a winner there,” I said to the lady in line in front of me as she cuddled her beautiful baby. “This is my third,” she said. “God […]

Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.       —Psalm 25:4 I stopped to talk with a neighbor on my morning walk—a wonderful lady and great mom with two teenage daughters. “I’m glad your girls have you to guide them to good decisions,” I said. “What concerns me,” I added, “is the […]

I have summoned you by name; you are mine.        —Isaiah 43:1 They had set the date, booked the minister, reserved the chapel, and put down a deposit on an apartment. He would move to Texas, and they would begin their happily-ever-after life together. She flew to California to help him pack. He […]

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.               —Hebrews 13:8 You live in a place of constant change. Marriage changes, for better or for worse. Children change. In Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye sings: “Is this the little girl I carried, Is this the little boy […]

We are all the work of your hand.                  —Isaiah 64:8 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” (Jer 1:5). “God has made us what we are.” (Eph 2:10 GW). One of the most difficult things in […]

This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope.                          —Lamentations 3:21 Whatever your go-to source for news, you’re seeing and hearing things you never wanted to see and hear—things that leave you feeling helpless and hopeless. Lamentations is a horrific account of […]

There was a man who had two sons.                              —Luke 15:11 The novel drew me in with a captivating beginning and continued with a riveting story. As I turned the pages, my curiosity heightened: “How will it end?” The ending was a […]

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak                 —Isaiah 40:29 Are you at the end of your rope—slogging through a rough patch with no relief in sight, so exhausted that you’re about ready to throw in the towel? If so, you have […]