CHEER UP!

ByDr. Mark April 17, 2023 0 Comments
“A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired.” (Luke 24:1-9 NASB) As you read this Monday Short meditation, even though we are face the residue of the pandemic, the really disheartening increase of violence in the local community, the repulsive fighting on the political scene, as well, as a variety of other realities and real challenges that try to...

MIMICKING, MOCKING, & MASTERFULLY COPYING

ByDr. Mark April 16, 2023 0 Comments
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6 KJV) Your children may be grown, but the verse above still applies to you.  Some child of God who has not reached your spiritual level of maturity is looking and listening to you.  Whether this child is young or older, from a chronological perspective, they are carefully observing how...

CERTAIN, BUT NOT COMPLETE

ByDr. Mark April 15, 2023 0 Comments
I don’t have a story, special observation, or a smart analogy to start today’s Saturday meditation.  I am going to simply give you a verse to keep in mind as you start the weekend.  I’ll give you a story tomorrow Sunday.  Today, however, I am just going to give you a verse to think on as your start your day.  Read it!  Reflect on it!  Oh, one more thing, know that the list that you...

THE LORD’S ADDENDUM

ByDr. Mark April 14, 2023 0 Comments
“It is because of the Lord’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because His compassions never fail.  They are new every morning; great and beyond measure is Your faithfulness.”(Luke 24:1-9 NASB) The April 11 meditation was entitled, “Have A Good Day.”  You can refer back to what was written on that day if you choose to do so.  But the important thing om this Friday...

AS FOR YOU, IT’S NOT RIDICULOUS!

ByDr. Mark April 13, 2023 0 Comments
“Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.” But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock, I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its...

WHEN YOU THINK NOTHING IS LEFT

ByDr. Mark April 12, 2023 0 Comments
“The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord.  But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.” Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you?  Tell me, what do you have in your house?”  “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of...

HAVE A GOOD DAY!

ByDr. Mark April 11, 2023 0 Comments
“And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.” (Genesis 1:31 NASB) Have you ever entered or exited a big-box grocery store and the greeter positioned at the door told you, if you were lucky, to “Have a good day?”  Did you sense any sincerity behind their inquiry?  Or did it sound like just something they...

FIND THE BEETHOVEN IN YOU

ByDr. Mark April 10, 2023 0 Comments
“Don't give up and be helpless in times of trouble.” (Proverbs 24:10 Contemporary English Version) By the time Ludwig van Beethoven completed his 9th Symphony, he was totally deaf.  His hearing started to decline decades before completing what is considered by many to be his greatest work.  He represents an example of perseverance for not only musicians, but for people of various fields...

THE SUNDAY NEWS: SPECIAL EDITION

ByDr. Mark April 9, 2023 0 Comments
“But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.  And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.  While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in gleaming clothing; and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces...

WHILE WE ARE WAITING

ByDr. Mark April 8, 2023 0 Comments
“…making the very most of your time , because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:16 The Amplified Bible) I’m still focusing on the story between the Holy Weekend bookends that we wrote about yesterday, Good Friday on one end and Resurrection Morning on the other end.  Note that I’m not restricted by the Jewish rules of the Sabbath, as were the women mentioned in Luke’s gospel; the...