Surviving with the Book

Surviving with the Book

Psalm 119:92 (NASB)

92 “If Your law had not been my delight, Then I would have perished in my affliction.”

    I remember reading this story on another one of my airplane flights: Peggy Lewis watched the wind blow through the trees outside her home in Eureka, Kansas. Then her house was suddenly caught in a swirling force that shattered windows, gutted walls, and blew off the roof. Shards of wood, glass, and furniture blew past her like shrapnel. It was a 152-mph tornado, and it took neighbors some time to pull Peggy and her husband from the debris. Everything was destroyed, but Peggy longed to salvage one possession—her Bible. “If you can find anything,” she told volunteers, “please find my Bible.” And they did. It had been blown a distance and rained on, but it was still intact, as if indestructible. [1]

    We can get through the storms of life if we have our Bible. We never know when adversity will show up. Some days are hard to endure. But when the Word of God is our delight, we’ll never perish in affliction. The promises of God keep us faithful; and when we remain faithful during times of adversity, our faithfulness reveals our integrity.

    Hollis McGehee, Follow Him in All Things said, “When everything around us is falling apart, when everything we thought of as dependable, when all that we once held dear is turned upside down, we can absolutely count on God.”

[1] Juliana LaBianca, “A 152-mph Tornado Tore Through a House, but One Important Treasure Stayed Intact,”

Reader’s Digest, https://www.rd.com/true-stories/inspiring/tornado-house-bible-treasure/.