Today’s Walk in the Word

The body is not made up of one part but of many. —1 Corinthians 12:14 I’ve spent many hours enjoying the hospitality of Allen and Mikey Isbell in their Galveston Island home. Their geniality has been a blessing to many. There is an always work-in-progress jigsaw puzzle on a table in their garden room—hundreds of […]

I will come back and take you to be with me.                                    —John 14:3 Jesus’ disciples were devastated by his declaration, “I will be with you only a little longer” (Jn 13:33). The only thing that made those heartbreaking […]

Matthias was chosen and became an apostle with the other eleven.                      —Acts 1:26 Henry Kissinger made it big on the world stage but never got over being the kid nobody wanted to sit with at lunchtime. Rejection hurts. After Judas’s demise, Peter told 120 assembled […]

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.                   —Proverbs 23:12 While vacationing in New York City, Winn Collier and his wife hailed a taxi to take them from their hotel to a restaurant three miles away. The driver entered the address into […]

Our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.           —Romans 13:11 Ernest Hemingway was asked if he could write a compelling story in six words. He said he could—and this is what he wrote: “For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.” Haunting! It pains us to imagine the details. The […]

Do not fear . . . I will help you, says the Lord.                                    —Isaiah 41:14 I have seen my neighbor carry his two-year-old down the stairs from their upper-level apartment many times. Today the little guy was determined […]

The Lord knows those who are his. —2 Timothy 2:19 Psalm 139 will take your breath away. “O Lord . . . you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my […]

No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven.                          —John 3:27 Margaret Keane’s husband, Walter, was selling her famous “big eyes” paintings, claiming he was the artist. After their divorce, Margaret sued. The shrewd Solomon-like judge ordered both Margaret and […]

Come, follow me.   —Mark 10:21 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans move an average of twelve times in their lifetime. In 2018, 32 million citizens packed up under one roof, hit the road, and unpacked under a different one. Jesus put a new spin on moving. He called people to make a heart-move, […]

[You] have ears but do not hear.                  —Jeremiah 5:21 A bumper sticker on the car in front of me made me smile: “My wife says I never pay attention to what she says—or something like that.” Defective hearing also breeds divine alienation. God accused his people of […]