Today’s Walk in the Word

Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.                —Colossians 3:12 Jesus is all-powerful, all-knowing, all-seeing. Since he is all-that, you might expect him to be described in bold, brassy, bombastic words. But I only recall two words that Jesus used in his self-appraisal of his disposition. Only […]

I thank my God every time I remember you.                        —Philippians 1:3 Ninety-nine-to-one. If ninety-nine people complimented a sermon and one person criticized it, I’d spend days nursing the wound inflicted by the critic. Do you spend more time thinking about those who have hurt […]

A happy heart makes the face cheerful.                        —Proverbs 15:13 “Dandy” Don Meredith was quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys for nine seasons (1960–1968). Asked why he retired from football, he said it was because he stopped having fun. He got so uptight he couldn’t enjoy […]

We want God to give us our heavenly home.                         —2 Corinthians 5:2 Dr. Bill Rogers, one of my elders, was a fanatic. I’m leery of fanatics and usually try to distance myself from them. But I was drawn to Bill’s fanaticism, found no […]

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.          —Psalm 119:67 “There are no atheists in foxholes,” is a phrase of uncertain origin, but usually attributed to war journalist Ernie Pyle. Many a soldier, who never prayed before, fervently does when bullets fly. Alexander Solzhenitsyn said, “It […]

As Solomon grew old . . . his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord.               —1 Kings 11:4 Solomon, the third and last king of the united kingdom of Israel, launched his administration by asking God for “an understanding heart to discern between good and evil” (1 […]

Do everything without grumbling.                —Philippians 2:14 Julia Hawkins lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she takes daily walks and tends her botanical garden. Julia took up running at age 100; set a record in the 100-yard dash at 101, and just finished the 50- and 100-yard dash races […]

I have stilled and quieted my soul.                    —Psalm 131:2 Do you Uber? If you suffer the blather of a passenger seat critic; or have kids in the backseat fussing and screaming like banshees, you may want to give Uber a try. Here’s why . . . […]

[She] put in all she had to live on.                     —Luke 21:4 Jesus spotted her on his last visit to the temple; saw her drop a couple of coppers—the smallest coinage in circulation—into the temple treasury. Comparing her gift with the gifts of the rich, he […]

Blessed are the merciful.        —Matthew 5:7 Jeremiah was in a pickle. He’d said some things that ruffled the feathers of the powerful. They dumped him into a nasty cistern to die of exposure and starvation. (See Jer. 38.) Ebed-Melech, a palace servant, reported their cruelty to the king, who told him to […]