Walk in the Light

Tuesday – Pentateuch

March 10th, 2026

Reading – Leviticus 13

Highlight Verse:

““If a man loses his hair and his head becomes bald, he is still ceremonially clean.”
‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭13‬:‭40‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Dr. Jack Hayford (former president of Foursquare International) once told of a birthday card he got.

On the front it read, “I always picture you standing proud on top of a hill, hair blowing in the wind.”
On the inside it continued, “And you, too proud to run after it.”

Did Moses know how funny today’s highlight verse would sound when he wrote it?

I doubt it.

But I bet God knew.

Seriously, this chapter deals with some pretty serious health issues.

It’s good to know that God considers baldness to be normal.

Dr. Howard Hendricks (of Dallas Theological Seminary) always said, “God made some heads perfect, the others he covered with hair.”

Regardless of whether your hair is full and vibrant, or grey and wild (like mine), or, like the two men I quoted, blowing in the wind,

God cares about your health.

With over a million people traveling together with Moses, health was vitally important.

The rules listed in this seemingly irrelevant chapter show the great care that God showed for His people.

He still cares for you and me today.

While the health rules outlined here may not be directly relevant to today’s health issues, the general principles of cleanliness and consulting professionals still apply today.

What parts of the rules outlined in this chapter do you think apply directly to us today?
What principles can you see in this chapter that carry over to today?
Monday – Gospels

March 9th, 2026
Reading – Luke 10

Highlight Verses:

“These were his instructions to them: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields. Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭10‬:‭2‬-‭3‬ ‭NLT‬‬

It’s easy to think that the time when this was written was different. The harvest was great because it was that special time when Jesus split history in two and brought the new covenant to humankind.

It’s also easy to think that the harvest is limited today. In many ways our culture is at an all-time low.

If you think that, you may want to

take another look around.
- Younger generations are seeking God in increasing numbers
- In a reversal of most past trends, more young men are seeking God than young women.
- The Gospel is growing like never before in places where it has been forbidden like Iran.
- Christian music and film is gaining acceptance.
- Forest Frank, Brandon Lake and Jelly Roll have made it on Billboard’s top 100.
- The Chosen Series has seen huge streaming numbers.
- Numerous popular celebrities have accepted Jesus as Savior recently.
The list could go on.

The point is, the world is poised for a revival (or “awakening” to use the grammatically correct term) that could dwarf the Jesus Movement of the 1970’s.

I’ve included verse 3 in the highlight verses because Satan is ticked.

He will do what ever he can to stop the harvest.

Read on. Later in the chapter, Jesus saw Satan fall like lightning.

If you are seeing opposition when you try to share the Gospel, don’t fear. That opposition is just Satan popping his head up like a “Whack-a-Mole.”

Jesus is waiting to send that mole back where he came from.

If we are willing to be sent as workers, we will see a “harvest” beyond what we could imagine.

What signs of revival have you seen lately?
What are you doing to become a “worker” in that harvest?
March 8, 2026

March 8th, 2026

Sunday – Poetry

Reading – Proverbs 15-16

Highlight Verse:

“For the despondent, every day brings trouble; for the happy heart, life is a continual feast.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭15‬:‭15‬ ‭NLT‬‬

A couple of my co-workers are constantly talking about what’s wrong.
• Corporate does this wrong.
• Customers do that wrong.
• The AI in our dispatch system messes that up.

Oh wait. That last one is me sometimes.

Yes, I can get sucked into the negative attitude too.

But look at the second part of today’s highlight verse.

“For the happy heart, life is a continual feast.”

That sounds pretty awesome to me!

Of course, my mind goes to food, but the word feast is used in a broader sense here.

Basically, life can be a constant celebration when you go through it with a positive attitude.

People criticize singer Forest Frank because his songs are always positive.

I think he may be on to something.

Try it.

I’ll link one of his songs here.

Sing along and see if it doesn’t brighten your day at least a little bit.

How have you seen a positive attitude make a difference in your life?
What else stood out to you in today’s reading?
March 7, 2026

March 7th, 2026

Saturday – Open Topic

Reading – Psalm 95

Highlight Verse:

“He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains. The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭95‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭NLT‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Some say that getting old stinks, but it beats the alternative.

I’m getting old, and I think it’s great.

Sure, I have more aches and pains and I’m slower than when I was young. But next week I turn 62 and I’m excited about it.

Next week I get to buy a National Parks America the Beautiful lifetime pass!

I love exploring God’s incredible creation.

The United States has preserved many natural wonders in its National Parks and Monuments. (As in this photo of Zion National Park.)

As of next week, I’ll be able to go to as many of than as I like as often as I am able.

I have already been to many of them.

Experiencing the beauty and grandeur of nature in those places reminds me of the artist that created them.

Even my dad, who was an atheist most of his life, acknowledged that there must be a God after seeing more and more of the wonder of His creation.

I am planning a road trip this summer that will take me through several Nation Parks and other scenic areas this summer.

I’ll be sure to share what I see and what I learn of our Creator when I do that.

What is your favorite National Park or natural wonder that you have seen?
What have you learned about God through His creation?
March 6, 2026

March 6th, 2026

Friday – Prophets

Reading – Daniel 1-2

Highlight Verse:

“But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods.”
‭‭Daniel‬ ‭1‬:‭8‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Daniel was not just a picky eater.

First, he was selected from the smartest and most talented young men taken captive from Israel.

That alone would have given him a measure of respect among his captors.

Add to that the fact that God had given him favor with the chief of staff.

But true respect is earned.

I might be reaching but I think one of the ways that God gave Daniel favor was through the behavior that came from Daniel’s faith.

We witness this in the respectful way that Daniel asks for a special diet.

We are not told why the food would have defiled Daniel and the others. It is possible that it included pork. The meat and wine had likely been from sacrifices to Babylonian gods. I’ve also read that the rich royal food was used to lure people away from their previous cultural values.

Daniel wanted none of that.

He had faith that God would provide a way to not defile himself with the royal food.

With that faith he was able to be both bold and respectful at the same time.

The chief of staff honored that respectfulness and faith and gave Daniel a chance to prove his convictions.

Most of us deal with people everyday who have no respect for our faith. It is tempting to take a “holier than thou” attitude and refuse respect for those people.

Those people are God’s creation too. We should treat them with the same respect as any others, knowing that God longs for them to return to Him.

While respecting them, we should not shy away from maintaining and sharing our faith.

One example was my first customer yesterday. They proudly identify as transgender and started spouting some political statements that were far from my opinions.

The temptation was to get into a political argument. But, through hard, skillful work on this person’s printers, I had earned their respect. I wasn’t about to give that up.

I politely informed them that, while I disagreed with them politically, I view relationships as far more important than politics. They stopped spouting their rhetoric and continued to treat me with respect. Perhaps someday, they will turn to me for advice on faith (which I have made no secret).

How do you balance boldness and respect?
What in your world is important enough to ask boldly for?
March 5, 2026

March 5th, 2026

Thursday – Letters

Reading – Hebrews 9

Highlight Verses:

“And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment, so also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭9‬:‭27‬-‭28‬ ‭NLT‬‬

It may be chilly here at my desk in our basement,

but this verse gave me chills when I read it.

Seriously. How many people go through life worrying about what God is going to say about all those sins they committed throughout their lives?

Listen to this:

Jesus already dealt with our sins!

We need to trust Him in that.

Of course, we should make every effort to stay away from sin. But we will mess up. We may even have to deal with the earthly consequences of our sins.

But if we accept the sacrifice Jesus made for us, they are dealt with.

With that Good News in mind, we eagerly await Christ’s return as He brings salvation to all who eagerly wait for Him.

Now that’s something worth waiting for.

On a theological side note – if you ever wondered about reincarnation, don’t bother. Verse 27 makes it quite clear that life is a one-time experience (that lasts for eternity).

Have you been hanging on to guilt? Does today’s reading help free you?
Is there anything else in today’s reading that stood out to you?
March 4, 2026

March 4th, 2026

Wednesday – History

Reading – 2 Kings 12-14

Highlight Verse:

“Jehoash son of Jehoahaz began to rule over Israel in the thirty-seventh year of King Joash’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria sixteen years.”
‭‭2 Kings‬ ‭13‬:‭10‬ ‭NLT‬‬

I’m sure there are multiple lessons to learn from today’s reading.

But I got hung up on a little detail.

I thought about ignoring it and moving on to one of those other lessons.

But I thought, “What if someone else gets hung up on that too?”

What tripped me up?

A three-year discrepancy between verse 1 and 10 in the length of Jehoahaz’s reign.

Okay, that may sound like a tiny detail to fret about but to detail oriented people (like me), it can foster doubt.

Let me put my detail-oriented friends at ease.

Co-regency (more than one king ruling at the same time) was common in that era. This was especially common when the rule is passed from father to son like here.

Simply put, he was considered a king for the last three years of his father’s reign.

There are more details in the Bible that seem to be inconsistent. Sometimes you have to look at the cultural and literary context to understand the consistency of the Bible.

Let me assure of one thing – the Bible is consistent.

There are many times more manuscripts of the Bible than any other documents from those eras.

It is the most accurate book of all time.

It does need to be studied within its cultural and literary context to be understood.

It is the Word of God.

If we want to hear from God, it is the primary and only authoritative source of what God wants to tell us.

I say we dive into it to understand it as best we can.

Are there other questions that you have had about the consistency of the Bible? (Let’s look at them together.)
What other lessons did you get out of today’s reading?
March 3, 2026

March 3rd, 2026

Tuesday – Pentateuch

Reading – Leviticus 11-12

Highlight Verse:

“If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be ceremonially unclean for two weeks, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period. After waiting sixty-six days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth.”
‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭12‬:‭5‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Here’s another reading where I think we should get right to the proverbial elephant in the room (or passage).

Why were there different purification periods for giving birth to girls than boys?

I cannot claim to have a definitive answer, but I have a couple of ideas.

One was that moms would want more time to bond with their infant girls than boys.

That time of cleansing was time that she could dedicate to her infant full time while the rest of the extended family helped out more around the home.

That may not make a lot of sense in today’s culture, but God worked within the culture of the day to make appropriate rules for that day.

In that culture and time, the rules would have seemed appropriate.

Regardless, the rules were not to belittle daughters or to penalize a mom for bearing a daughter.

The way I see it, the rules gave extra deference to girls. Of course, that’s a dad of three daughters speaking.

It can also be noted that these laws were eliminated after Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.

At this point, it is tempting to get into the whole argument between cultural relativism and morality but let’s save that for another day.

Instead, the takeaway I see from today is that God is not anti-woman but rather gives deference to them.

Do you agree with that?
If not, how would you interpret this passage?
March 1, 2026

March 2nd, 2026

Monday – Gospels

Reading – Luke 9

Highlight Verse:

“But Jesus said, “You feed them.” “But we have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Or are you expecting us to go and buy enough food for this whole crowd?””
‭‭Luke‬ ‭9‬:‭13‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Three words stood out to me in this chapter.

“You feed them.”

Of course, the disciples immediately saw the job as impossible and didn’t hesitate to let Jesus know.

Jesus could have accused them of being selfish or unfaithful.

Instead, He simply asked them what they had to give.

Then He took, that, blessed it, and miraculously multiplied it to feed the thousands.

I don’t make enough money to feed thousands. I think it would be foolishness for us to give beyond our means.

He didn’t ask me to do that. He just asked what I have.

God takes that and feeds the thousands.

And it is so worth it for us.

Two of the ministries we support are very different from each other – Compassion International and Via Love International.

The first has multiplied the gifts of the faithful through massive marketing and frugal management of their expenses largely through volume.

The second is a smaller ministry that is having a big impact on the lives of many families and individuals in Honduras. With a limited budget and a small staff, they have had multiple opportunities to see God do the miraculous to meet the needs of people in the area.

I will not use this platform to directly ask people to give. That is completely up to each person.

But I dare say that giving what we can to “feed them” has probably been more of a blessing to us than to those who received that giving.

How have you been blessed through giving?
Is there anything that stops you from giving?

Note: I’d be glad to supply links to the ministries I mentioned if you message me.
Sunday – Poetry

March 1st, 2026

Reading – Proverbs 14

Highlight Verse:

“The wicked are crushed by disaster, but the godly have a refuge when they die.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14‬:‭32‬ ‭NLT‬‬

I had to do a double take when I read that.

I was all ready to give a story about coming through a disastrous time in my life.

Then this verse throws the old line “but did you die?” up in my face.

In fact, I did not die.

And, frankly, I hope I don’t for quite a long time.

But when that time comes, I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that it will not be the end for me.

There will be a refuge for me in heaven.

So, no matter what this life throws at me, I need not fear death.

Death has no power over me.

Are you confident of your power over death?
How should that affect how you live this life?

Did Moses know how funny today’s highlight verse would sound when he wrote it?

God cares about your health.

He still cares for you and me today.

take another look around.

I’ve included verse 3 in the highlight verses because Satan is ticked.

If we are willing to be sent as workers, we will see a “harvest” beyond what we could imagine.

Yes, I can get sucked into the negative attitude too.

Basically, life can be a constant celebration when you go through it with a positive attitude.

Sing along and see if it doesn’t brighten your day at least a little bit.

Next week I get to buy a National Parks America the Beautiful lifetime pass!

Even my dad, who was an atheist most of his life, acknowledged that there must be a God after seeing more and more of the wonder of His creation.

Daniel was not just a picky eater.

With that faith he was able to be both bold and respectful at the same time.

While respecting them, we should not shy away from maintaining and sharing our faith.

but this verse gave me chills when I read it.

Jesus already dealt with our sins!

But if we accept the sacrifice Jesus made for us, they are dealt with.

But I got hung up on a little detail.

Let me put my detail-oriented friends at ease.

It is the Word of God.

Why were there different purification periods for giving birth to girls than boys?

In that culture and time, the rules would have seemed appropriate.

Instead, the takeaway I see from today is that God is not anti-woman but rather gives deference to them.

“You feed them.”

Instead, He simply asked them what they had to give.

And it is so worth it for us.

I had to do a double take when I read that.

In fact, I did not die.

Death has no power over me.