Author: Dr. Mark

TOODLER TURNED TEACHER

ByDr. Mark April 11, 2021 0 Comments
“Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength.” (Psalm 8:2 AMP) Waiting patiently at the clinic to be called to the pharmacy window to pick up a prescription, a senior citizen is approached by a pre-school child.  The senior citizen is gazing at the giant screen that notifies you when your medicine is ready and you can get back in line and, yes, wait some...

WRESTLING STUFF

ByDr. Mark April 10, 2021 0 Comments
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32a KJV) Pick any era of modern time and you will find people debating about the authenticity of professional wrestling.  The debate is centered around the question, “Is wrestling entertainment or is it a form of real combat between muscle bound men blessed with bountiful agility and an abundant supply of rapid...

PERSISTENCE

ByDr. Mark April 9, 2021 0 Comments
“…for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.” (Matthew 6:6 NLT) With an absence of a broadcast notification or a call from the school, an elementary student heads out to school on a day where the lake effect snow was so deep that it seemed to swallow her rubber snow boots.  It is one of those dark early mornings that...

WILL IT BE ME?

ByDr. Mark April 8, 2021 0 Comments
“They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?” (Matthew 26:22 NIV) Our annual, special celebration of Resurrection Morning is only a few days behind us.  Part of the story associated with Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection is the scene at what has been referred to as the Last Supper.  This was the last meal that Jesus...

WHEN YOU PRAY

ByDr. Mark April 7, 2021 0 Comments
“But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.” (Matthew 6:6 NLT) Struggling with his morning work, a math problem aimed at seeing how much the students retained from the lesson the day before, a young man asks his classmate for help.  The classmate is compassionate and...

THE LORD WILL PROVIDE…STILL

ByDr. Mark April 5, 2021 0 Comments
“When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice. At that moment, the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Yes,” Abraham replied. “Here I am!”...

“THE CHANT”

ByDr. Mark April 4, 2021 0 Comments
“There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we’re never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can’t round...

NOTHING LIKE THE HOME CROWD

ByDr. Mark April 3, 2021 0 Comments
“I heard a sound like massed choirs in Heaven singing, “Hallelujah! The salvation and glory and power are God’s—his judgments true, his judgments just. (Revelation 19:1-2a MSG) I had never gone to a March Madness basketball game in my 72 years of life.  But Wednesday I accepted an invitation to attend a Thursday night game as a guest.  It was a very, late game, starting at...

HE’S STILL OPENING DOORS!

ByDr. Mark April 1, 2021 0 Comments
“…knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” (Matthew 7:8-9 NIV) I want your spirit to be lifted up today!  No matter what you are going through I want to help put a smile on your face!  Even if you are facing the unknown, the unexpected, or the unwanted, I want you to...

A PRESCRIPTION YOU CAN UNDERSTAND

ByDr. Mark March 31, 2021 0 Comments
“Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.” (3 John 3:2 NASB) Okay I promise this will be one of those short meditations to keep you God conscious today.  Do you remember when prescriptions were written out and not printed from the computer?  Maybe you are not old enough to recall those days.  Well, I recollect...