Today’s Walk in the Word

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 […]

Be strong, and let your heart take courage.                                 —Psalm 31:24 Charles Swindoll wrote these words about courage: “Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests […]

[Be careful] how you live— not as unwise but as wise.        —Ephesians 5:15 Augustine wrote: “Wisdom has two beautiful daughters. Their names are Anger and Courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain as they are.” You know the first daughter, because you’re angry […]

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.                               —Psalm 34:8 Are you in a chokehold by a problem that seems to have no remedy? I am unaware of the personal burdens of most of my readers, but am aware that most […]

He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion.         —Philippians 1:6 The day after my high school graduation, two pals and I took a 185-mile trip from Midland, Texas, to the McDonald Observatory in the Davis Mountains. As we drove up the mountain in my old thirdhand […]