WHEN OBSTACLES ARE BLOCKING YOUR PEACE

ByDr. Mark December 21, 2025 2 Comments
When my family moved into our current residence back in the early 1990’s, there was just an enormous open field behind our back yard. Shortly after moving into our new dwelling, an elementary school was built on the far side of the open field. Yet even after constructing the new educational facility there was still a lot of open field remaining. At first, my wife and I were happy that our...

MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR TIME

ByDr. Mark December 20, 2025 2 Comments
“Make the most of your time or time will make the most of you.” Two students, one young adult female and one young adult male, recently came home from school during their college break. The mother met them when they arrived with what seemed like a semester full of saved up dirty clothes. Initially she was wondered, silently, “Why in the world would they bring home all these dirty clothes?...

SERVING GOD

ByDr. Mark December 19, 2025 0 Comments
“Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon’shouse. Simon’s mother-in-law was very sick. She had a high fever. They asked Jesus to do something to help her. He stood very close to her and ordered the sickness to go away. The sickness left her, and she got up and began serving them. When the sun went down, the people brought their sick friends to Jesus. They had many different kinds of...

THE MUCH BETTER VIEW

ByDr. Mark December 18, 2025 4 Comments
 “Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!” (Quote by Ingrid Bergman) We are approaching December 31st. As I have shared with you previously, that is the date set for the last edition of Mark Writes meditations. During these nine years, daily I have not failed to indicate my continued commitment to the climb, and I hope I have...

POINTS OF INTEREST

ByDr. Mark December 17, 2025 2 Comments
“So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam...

YOUR COMFORTABLE POSITION COMES WITH CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

ByDr. Mark December 16, 2025 2 Comments
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so,  I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”  (John 14:1-3 New King James Version) My youngest daughter had...

BE ENCOURAGED!

ByDr. Mark December 15, 2025 2 Comments
“Don’t give up! You’re on the brink of a miracle. Don’t give up! You’re on the brink of a miracles. Don’t give up! You are on the brink of a miracles, for God is still on the throne!” (Except from song by Jessica Chastain) This is your Monday Short meditation. Maybe you will decide that this does not speak to your personal situation right now, at this very moment, but I promised...

SERIOUSLY

ByDr. Mark December 14, 2025 2 Comments
“And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21 New King James Version) To be truthful, with a few rare exceptions, I have not heard many people talking about the Advent Season this year. Visually I see homes decorated with Christmas décor, and the first thing you see when you entire the door of the retail...

FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT TENSES

ByDr. Mark December 13, 2025 2 Comments
Satan has not stopped trying to mix you up, has not ceased in trying to mess with you, and he has no abandon his efforts to manipulate you! He does not have to worry about the ungodly! He already has them! (That is until we win them! Amen!) So, know that all his energies can be directed at you. Be on the alert! The one who devours souls like a roaring lion will use emotional stimuli to have you...

LA ESPERANZA ES UN CAMINO (HOPE IS A PATH, A WAY!)

ByDr. Mark December 12, 2025 0 Comments
“The only hope we have is in Christ Jesus. The only one to help us in this world of turmoil. Though Satan's foes oppress and our hearts is stressed. But we have this hope, and it's in Jesus.” (Mahaila Jackson, 1961) A group of scouts was taken into a large forest in the middle of the night on a special exercise. The scout leader, equipped with a bright lantern in hand, led the boys into the...