Today’s Walk in the Word

Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise.             —Proverbs 19:20 Listening to advice leads to wisdom. And wisdom leads to listening to advice. Not that all advice is good: “Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked” (Ps 1:1). […]

Happy are those who find wisdom and those who gain understanding.                   —Proverbs 3:13 Here are a couple of proverbs for your perusal today. Proverbs 4:23 “Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts” (TEV). Today won’t leave you as it found you. […]

Blessed are those whose strength is in [God].    —Psalm 84:5 Catastrophe tends to shape us. World War II disrupted life as America had known it: sugar and tires were rationed, and speed limits were imposed to reduce gasoline usage. Death notices of war casualties escalated daily. It was a painful time. Even so, the […]

The Lord is with me; he is my helper.                               —Psalm 118:7 Have you ever been lost? I don’t mean damned-and-doomed lost—I mean lost because you took a wrong turn and ended up in the wrong place. Are you there now? […]

Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord. —Proverbs 19:17 Wendy keeps bottled water and peanut butter crackers in her car to give to down-and-outers who stroll the medians at major intersections holding up cardboard signs: Hungry; Laid Off; Will Work for Food. Wendy isn’t comfortable shelling out cash to strangers, fearful of […]

Those who trust in themselves are fools. —Proverbs 28:26 The farmer hit pay dirt with a bumper crop and laid out a plan to protect his fortune and live a long life of leisure and luxury. His game was ownership, not stewardship. His security wasn’t in God but in wealth. He thought his bank account […]

Is anything worth more than your soul?                                    —Mark 8:37 October 22, 2019, was the first day of the World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals. The games weren’t Friday Night Lights for low-income families—the average […]

Renew a right spirit within me.               —Psalm 51:10 Noble actions are the children of noble resolutions. Here are a few seed-thought resolutions. Can you find one that you need to activate? Today I resolve to express appreciation to someone who has blessed my life. Today I resolve to […]

Let the wise listen and add to their learning.                               —Proverbs 1:5 Here’s a sampling of things Andy Rooney (1919-2011) said he’d learned. I’ve learned—That money doesn’t buy class. I’ve learned—That under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be […]

The first to present his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him.                           —Proverbs 18:17 Have you noticed that it’s always someone else’s fault when things go wrong? It isn’t deliberate dishonesty; it’s just that we look at mess-ups defensively. […]