Today’s Walk in the Word

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts.        —Psalm 28:7 During the American Civil War, the citizens of Vicksburg, Mississippi, found themselves surrounded by General Grant’s Union Army. The siege lasted more than forty days. No supplies came in. On the verge of starvation, the entire town […]

Trust in the Lord with all your heart.                        —Proverbs 3:5 A lady trapped in a blinding blizzard in Oregon’s Cascade Range was relieved when she saw a snowplow ahead of her. She inched along behind the big machine through twists and turns. After a […]

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.             —1 Peter 5:7 “How are you?” my friend asked. “Good. Fantastic!” I said. “Are you really?” “Yes, why do you ask?” “Because I don’t think you’d tell me even if you weren’t,” he said. Maybe. But really, I […]

Who dares despise the day of small things?                           —Zechariah 4:10 Helen Keller could neither see nor hear—but saw and heard better than most. I’ve lifted the following from one of her letters. “As we grow older, it seems to me that we […]

In the same way you judge others, you will be judged.   —Matthew 7:2 On boarding the cruise ship, the traveler was given the location of his cabin and the name of his cabin mate. After checking out both, he went to the purser’s quarters and asked if he could leave his watch and other […]

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. —Revelation 21:4 To the grieving widow, the chaplain said, “If they ran a culture on your tears, they would probably discover anger, fear, grief, and loss.” I imagine that describes the tears of the parents of their ten-year-old daughter when a convicted sex offender led police to […]

Examine yourselves . . . test yourselves.                    —2 Corinthians 13:5 At a White House banquet commemorating the 100th anniversary of Harry Truman’s birth, a man who had served in the Truman Administration asked the woman seated next to him, “Did I get your name right? Is […]

Always keep on praying.   —1 Thessalonians 5:17 He was a helpless paralytic. Someone had to bathe him, shave him, and feed him. Four compassionate friends heard that Jesus was in town. Word had it that he could heal. So they loaded their invalid friend on a stretcher and off they went. But a packed […]

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them.            —Matthew 9:36 The picture of the terrorist’s decapitated captive was gruesome. The agony of family members being subjected to that photograph of their brutalized loved one is hard to imagine. The death of John the Baptist was a grizzly, heartless […]

Do not judge, or you too will be judged.                              —Matthew 7:1 There are at least two reasons we should take a pass on judging others. First, we don’t know enough to judge. Unless we have all the facts (which we never […]