Dr. Mark, Author at Mark Writes

YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME

ByDr. Mark March 9, 2025 0 Comments

“The eyes of the Lord are in every place, watching the evil and the good.” (Proverbs 15:3 NASB) There was a crew of sewer repairmen working a couple houses down the street from where I live. I heard the noise of a truck and went to look out the living room window to see what was going on. I saw three men in bright, florescent green vests and a couple of co-workers wearing...

ARROGANCE, COMPLIMENTS, AND SUCCESS

ByDr. Mark March 8, 2025 0 Comments

“Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart; do not let compliments go to your head and criticisms to your heart; do not let success go to your head and failure to your heart.” (A quotable quote by Roy T. Bennett found in Goodreads) You just read what an astute, wise person had to say about arrogance, compliments, and success. So, now let’s see what the Almighty, the...

THE WAIT & THE WHEREVER

ByDr. Mark March 7, 2025 0 Comments

“Let your conversation be gracious as well as sensible…” (Colossians 4:6a The Living Bible) The happening that I’m about to tell you took place in one of those “malls” that was once a large store, but now the property owner rents out booths to small merchandisers. A father is with his son who had to be between 3-4-years old. A lady at the meat counter seemed set on buying a little of...

WHEN THE GLOVE DON’T FIT

ByDr. Mark March 6, 2025 0 Comments

Years ago, I may have told you about my first baseball glove. I brought it at Jimmy’s Shoeshine place on east 16th Street in Indianapolis. When I purchased the glove, it was in the era where Hall of Famers like Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, Cletis Boyer, And Whitey Ford were playing for the New York Yankees. I was still in elementary school and wanted to play on a Little League Team, one of the...

DIVINE BEST PRACTICES

ByDr. Mark March 5, 2025 0 Comments

“God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good, and He validated it completely.” (Genesis 1:31a The Amplified Bible) Desiring to empower employees in streamlining processes without sacrificing quality, and simultaneously increasing the speed of production, a company’s team of managers went to visit another manufacturer, located in another state. That host company had...

HELP SAVE YOUNG PEOPLE SINKING FAR FROM THE SHORE

ByDr. Mark March 4, 2025 0 Comments

“For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment. And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast...

WE SAY WE WON’T, BUT WE DO!

ByDr. Mark March 3, 2025 0 Comments

What’s up with that? The soloist’s extraordinaire, that person in your choir with the captivating voice, is singing, I won’t complain. After every line, most of the congregation is touched emotionally, and internalizes the song, and they each hear it as it is entirely their song. You know the song, written by the later Rev. Don Johnson of Nashville Tennessee, is titled, “I Won’t...

RESPONDING TO PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT FIND YOU ON SUNDAY MORNING

ByDr. Mark March 2, 2025 0 Comments

It is not even Monday, but since you spent a “long time” reading yesterday’s meditation, I will be short today. I simply want to provide you with words to use when responding to the question, “Where were you today?” My advice is to just use the words of Jesus, legitimately so, expressed in the verses below when asked that question. Now, go be blessed in the house of the Lord today! He...

YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT GOD IS DOING UNTIL HE HAS DONE IT!

ByDr. Mark March 1, 2025 0 Comments

I had two conversations on the same day this week. In both conversation I used the same phrase, identical to the words in today’s title, “You don’t know what the Lord is doing until He has done it!” In the last conversation the person I was talking with expressed how the daily news produces anxiety and a curiosity about what the future holds for us. Seriously I said, “It’s only a few...

THE RUN

ByDr. Mark February 28, 2025 0 Comments

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses , stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us…” (Hebrews 12:1 The Amplified Bible) Do you remember the movie, Forrest Gump? There is a segment in this film where the character, played by...