“THE REST”

ByDr. Mark July 23, 2026 2 Comments
“Work hard and cheerfully at all you do, just as though you were working for the Lord…” (Colossians 3:23 The Living Bible) It was a very hot summer day, the thermometer racing towards its highest possible reading. A father had just finished cutting the front lawn at his home when his son came outside to check to see if the mailman had delivered any mail. He was about to go back inside the...

NO!

ByDr. Mark July 22, 2026 2 Comments
A two-year-old, “T,” is on a Facetime call with his grandfather, “Tito.” Every time that Tito asks a question, without hesitation, “T” responds with an energy-filled answer, “No!” When asked. “Do you want to come visit with me for a couple of weeks?” “T” says, “No!” His response was accompanied by his smiling face, leaning toward the camera, as to make sure the point...

DID YOU SAY, “I’M WAITING ON MY BLESSING?”

ByDr. Mark July 21, 2026 2 Comments
“Concentrate on counting your blessings and you’ll have little time to count anything else.” – Woodrow Kroll Two individuals, walking down the grey pavement that provided a path from the Employee Parking Lot to the workplace. are engaged in a conversation. At some point, one of the individuals says, “I’m waiting on my blessing.”  Puzzled, the other person pauses for a moment....

NO PLASTICITY OR HIGH STIFFNESS THIS WEEK!

ByDr. Mark July 20, 2026 2 Comments
“The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. But the Lord God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden—except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.” (Genesis 2:15-17 NLT) I should have called my Aunt Lucille, a famous sculptor, scientist, and surely one who falls into the...

YOU ARE DIFFERENT!

ByDr. Mark July 19, 2026 2 Comments
“And the Scriptures also say, “He is the Stone that some will stumble over, and the Rock that will make them fall.” They will stumble because they will not listen to God’s Word nor obey it, and so this punishment must follow—that they will fall. But you are not like that, for you have been chosen by God himself—you are priests of the King, you are holy and pure, you are God’s very...

DON’T DO GOD LIKE THAT!

ByDr. Mark July 18, 2026 4 Comments
What I’m about to say may seem like I’m transparently griping and complaining, but I’m not. Instead, I am hoping! Let me explain. The markwritesdaily.com admin site does not give me any metrics to determine exactly how many people are reading the meditation published on any given day. Instead, I have to look at the replies for a handful of regular responders, and occasional surprise...

YOUR PEACE

ByDr. Mark July 17, 2026 3 Comments
“Glory to God in the highest , and on earth peace among men with whom He is well-pleased.” (Luke 2:14 The Amplified Bible) This meditation is for all believers! Good news! Because you have reconciled your relationship with God through Jesus Christ, you have peace with Him. That’s your peace! Hallelujah! And because of your relationship with Jesus, embodying and exhibiting His principles...

INSIGNIFICANT TO SIGNICANT (ROW WITH IT!)

ByDr. Mark July 16, 2026 1 Comment
“Now a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, ‘Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord; and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.’ So Elisha said to her, ‘What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?’ And she said, ‘Your servant has nothing in the house...

THE FORMULA FOR A WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY

ByDr. Mark July 15, 2026 2 Comments
“The word of the Lord which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife inclined to infidelity, and children of infidelity; for the land commits flagrant...

REAL SWEETNESS FOR THE SOUL

ByDr. Mark July 14, 2026 2 Comments
“How sweet is the taste of your instructions—sweeter even than honey!” (Psalm 119:23 Good News Translation) For a little over two months, I went without drinking my habitual one cup of coffee in the morning. I tried decaf coffee, but my body said, in more ways than one, “You ain’t fooling me!” So, I brought back out my turquoise coffee cup that says, “No Coffee, No Talkie," and I...