Welcome to the digital library for Walking On The Ceiling, a powerful devotional book by Norm Sawyer first published in 2019. In our spiritual journey, there are seasons when we can wrongly believe that God has abandoned us to the cruelties of life, or that our Heavenly Father no longer hears us when we pray. During these heavy times, it can feel as though our world has been turned entirely upside down—as if we are walking on the ceiling—where every aspect of life feels like a drudgery with no end in sight.
If you are exploring Norm’s writing or looking for practical spiritual insight to navigate times when life feels overwhelming, this page serves as a complete resource to read the book’s articles online. This digital portal is designed to help you regain your spiritual footing and find hope when your world feels inverted.
The content is divided into five distinct parts. Each of the section titles below is a tag for the related blog posts that were used in the original paperback book. By clicking on a title, you will access an independent, topical Bible study designed to encourage and challenge you on your path.
Explore the Five Sections of the Book:
Proverbs 2:11 Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you. Is Jesus the Lord in your heart, or is Jesus just one of the programs in the church building you attend? Are you trusting in Christ’s eternal...
Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. Someone said, "When we make our enemies soulless, they become easy to hate." My wife and I were talking about all the injustice and mayhem...
Proverbs 1:8 Pay close attention, friend, to what your father tells you; never forget what you learned at your mother's knee. Consider your ways. Hag. 1:5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Pay close attention...
Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness. Anne Lamott said, "What is the difference between you and God? God never thinks He is you." Therein is the problem, people think they know better than God. In some...
Proverbs 24:16 The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked. Luke 4:13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. ...
Proverbs 30:18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not. O magnum mysterium. O great mystery. I would have to say that there are a lot more than three things too wonderful for me, and four things that I do not know. The...
Proverbs 11:29 Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Therefore, come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord; do not touch any unclean thing, and I...
Proverbs 24:12 If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,” won’t he who weighs hearts consider it? Won’t he who protects your life know? Won’t he repay a person according to his work? In 1957 a visiting beekeeper accidentally released some...
Proverbs 25:2 It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them. Ezekiel 1:15 When I looked at the living creatures, there was one wheel on the ground beside each of the four-faced creatures. 16 The...
Proverbs 21:21 Whoever pursues righteousness and gracious love finds life, righteousness, and honor. Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Righteousness is something we have to...
Proverbs 24:17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles. Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom, they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to...
Proverbs 3:28 If you can help your neighbor now, don’t say, “Come back tomorrow, and then I’ll help you.” Mark 15:21 A passerby named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was coming in from the countryside just then, and the soldiers forced him to...
Proverbs 3:26 For the LORD is your security. He will keep your foot from being caught in a trap. 1 Samuel 12:20 Samuel replied, “Don’t be afraid. Even though you have committed all this evil, don’t turn away from following the Lord....
Proverbs 16:3 Commit your activities to the LORD, and your plans will be established. 2 Kings 1:2 Ahaziah had fallen through the latticed window of his upstairs room in Samaria and was injured. So he sent messengers, instructing them, “Go...
Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. The death sentence that many of us participate in is not the death sentence that might occur in someone's life who is serving time in prison for...
Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. I found my name in the Bible. Rom. 5:6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the...
Proverbs 9:6 Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight. There is much to be said about our divine destinies. Some people will be called to do hard things. We were all created for God's purposes, and sometimes these purposes can seem...
Proverbs 6:14 Their perverted hearts plot evil, and they constantly stir up trouble. We all miss the mark sometimes and tarnish our reputation, persona, and even social standing if we have one. We try and put our best foot forward, only to have it stepped on and...
Proverbs 2:18 For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead. God said, "You are a dead man!" What an overwhelming and frightening thing to hear from God. A loud, direct, and plain statement that would shake anyone to the very...
Proverbs 3:13 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding. When trying to describe the God of our salvation or anything to do with His greatness, we always come short of explanation and most likely will always fall...
Proverbs 7:9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night. I heard a news anchor person saying that a particular politician had created a miserable hell for himself and there was no hope for his situation. Is there any other...
Proverbs 8:4 I call to you, to all of you! I raise my voice to all people. The universe, galaxies and world were made for us. Everything is for us. Right from the beginning of creation, we are God's intended purpose for all we see throughout the...
Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. It is unsettling to know that there are people who mock and jeer at God for what He stands for. Yet the letter from...
Proverbs 23:23 Buy the truth and do not sell it-- wisdom, instruction and insight as well. Caveat Emptor is a Latin word that describes the basic law of buyer beware. It is the basic premise that the buyer buys at his/her own risk and...
Proverbs 28:18 Whoso walks uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. From the Greek Lexicon: Sozo: To save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction. To save from the evils which...
Proverbs 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. I was in an auction house fixing a piece of equipment for the owners of the business. I could overhear about five men sitting around a coffee table area as they were boasting and telling lies...
Proverbs 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. Never doubt the love of God; it is the only thing that can fix any and every problem on earth. The love of God toward us should never be in...
Proverbs 3:29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you. Sin truly does separate us from our place in this life, in a neighborhood and throughout the earth. There is no place a person can go and escape the penalty of sin...
Proverbs 2:20 That thou may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. What will we do with our allotted time on earth? I'm not quite cramming for my finals as I am only sixty-two years of age, but I have been scanning...
Proverbs 30:3 I have not mastered human wisdom, nor do I know the Holy One. Many of the Saints that have walked with the Lord for a long time in their lives have come up against a wisdom-wall per se. According to the word of God we know God...
Proverbs 23:17 Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day. Someone said, "Don't look back, you're not going that way." I was sitting at an office function dinner and listening to a lot...
Proverbs 3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. I was up very early on Tuesday morning last week and there he was in full astronomical splendor. Orion, the constellation, was riding the...
Proverbs 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts. Dr. Seuss: "Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than you." I...
Proverbs18:4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. Do as I say, not as I do. We have always done it this way. It's my way or the highway. Here are a few of those sayings...
Proverbs 11:29 He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. Dr. Seuss said, “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” As a mentor and...
Proverbs 11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. I could have called this blog The Breakfast Club, but it is way more than that. It is a lifeline. We need people in our...
Proverbs 12:20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. When I was a kid, we had aspirin for a headache, hydrogen peroxide for deep cuts, and maybe if we were really sick, a prescription for penicillin...
Proverbs 24:27 Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house. Roses: I was talking with a gardener who has some exquisite roses that originate from a warm climate zone. The roses need some extra...
Proverbs 16:20 He that handles a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusts in the LORD, happy is he. Most of us do not have to go to jail to find out that the way of a transgressor is hard. Prov. 13:15 Good understanding...
Proverbs 21:25 The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labour. Slothful in heart. In the last blog post, I was exposing the precarious effects of being slothful in mind which...
Proverbs 1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. What have we been enticed with lately that if we consent to it, our lives will be derailed? Yet, knowing our lives might be compromised, many will still go...
Proverbs 5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. The cry of God's heart is that we hear Him and come into fellowship with what the Lord is saying, because what God is saying to us will...
Proverbs 27:7 The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. There is nothing more pitiful then news coverages of starving people in the Sudan, Syria or any other man-made hell spot on this earth. There is...
Proverbs 22:29 See thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. The fortitude that it takes to be victorious is sometimes lacking within our souls. We lose backbone when things get...
Proverbs 28:13 He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy. When we become our own saviors because we are covering up a sin that we will not acknowledge or deal...
Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be innocent. Selah: Think on that Proverb. As I have said in the past, "Watch out for get-rich-quick-schemes,...
Proverbs 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother. How close is our God to us? He is as close as our next thought about Him and prayer to Him....
Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. You cannot trick God into anything or out-smart Him on any thought and, yet, the heart of man will rise up and confront God on what we mortals perceive to...
Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise. The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life. Jesus said, "He is the life." Life is what God is always trying to give us. Rev. 22:2 In the midst...
Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Everything starts with a beginning, knowledge included. The knowledge of God that you act upon will bring with it glory, wisdom, and...
