Today’s Walk in the Word

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done.               —Psalm 40:5 Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin declared war on bacterial infections. Penicillin became dubbed “the miracle cure.” Not to downplay Dr. Fleming’s revolutionary discovery, from which we’ve all benefited—but thousands of years earlier, God planted potent […]

A man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.               —Isaiah 53:3 Portrait artist, Robert Henkes, wrote: “A portrait is not a photograph, nor is it a mirror image.” A portrait, he explained, goes beyond the outer appearance “to capture what the person is really about.” The first portrait I […]

You do not know what a day may bring.                                —Proverbs 27:1 Hilary Lunke was a professional golfer. But in 115 LPGA Tour starts, her first—and only—win was on July 7, 2003, when, against all odds, she won the U.S. Women’s […]

Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor.        —2 Corinthians 8:9 Police reporter Jacob Riis worked the impoverished ghettos of New York City. His personal experience of poverty—surviving on scavenged food and sleeping in foul-smelling public areas—combined with his observation of the poor in the city slums, led him […]

There is a remnant chosen by grace.                       —Romans 11:5 Jesus told his apostles, “I have chosen you out of the world” (Jn 15:19). When two men were put forward as prospects to fill the vacancy left by Judas, Luke used the same verb (eklegomai): […]

[Ruth] went out and began to glean in the fields.                —Ruth 2:3 Jennifer Schuldt and her daughter were making brownies. When Jennifer poured the batter into the baking pan, her daughter asked her to leave some of it in the mixing bowl so she could lick some of […]

Being cheerful keeps you healthy.                  —Proverbs 17:22 In an analysis of 229,391 participants, cardiologist Dr. Alan Rozanski and colleagues found that optimists were much less likely to have a heart attack than pessimists—and had a lower mortality rate from any cause. Health columnist Jane Brody suggests assessing […]

It is this Good News that saves you.                  —1 Corinthians 15:2 Gospel means—and is—“Good News.” But before there is good news, there is bad news. The bad news is that we are sinners: transgressors and trespassers; derelicts and deadbeats; reprobates and renegades; frauds and phonies. No one […]

Even in old age they will still produce fruit.                                  —Psalm 92:14 In Illinois, citizens 87-and-older are required to take a driving test every year to keep their driver’s license. Lois Paulson passed hers with flying colors. She’s 105. “I […]

Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought.               —Romans 12:3 A significant portion of my time is spent working with words. So, when I read, I notice misteaks in grammar and spelling. (Caught it, didn’t you?) My judgmental reaction is to frown when I spot composition […]