From editorial director of news Kate Shellnutt: Years ago, I assigned and edited a story about why we hear so much about Bibles that survive natural disasters. Now, I have my own Post-it note–sized version to share with you. For the past couple weeks, I’ve been sorting through my house after damage from Hurricane Helene. In my office, under dripping tarps and clear plastic sheeting, I found the Bible verse I displayed right by my computer.
 
It’s no miracle that it survived—the piece of paper just happened to get caught on the windowsill—but it was an encouragement for me to read nonetheless: “Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever. They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.”
 
It’s Psalm 112:6–7. I was thinking of how much I have been buoyed by the Psalms this year when I read about this year’s top Bible verses and how the Psalms might be having a moment. It’s fair to assume that passages as familiar as Psalm 23 would have always landed that high, but for years BibleGateway’s No. 1 was always John 3:16 or Jeremiah 29:11!