Today’s Walk in the Word

There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.   —Proverbs 18:24 No birth certificate is issued when a friendship is born. But at that moment, life takes on new meaning: pleasure is expanded, pain is diminished, life is enriched. True friendship is a pure and satisfying relationship because it isn’t contaminated by competing […]

In him we live and move and have our being.                                         —Acts 17:28 Hello, wonderful, unique you. How wonderful? How unique? Well, there is no one else in the world like you. Never has been. Isn’t […]

We put our hope in the Lord; He is our help and our shield.             —Psalm 33:20 Hope is the vaccine that inoculates us against the virus of despair. It puts us beyond the reach of those who would subjugate us with abuse of position and power. Christianity entered the […]

Take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.     —2 Corinthians 10:5 “We become what we think about. A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.” —Marcus Aurelius “You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” —James Allen “Thought is […]

Be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.         —Psalm 27:14 Is patience an ingredient in your prayers? Waiting may not be your long suit. Most of us want an immediate response when we pray. But there are two things that only God knows: the right answer and the right […]

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 […]