THE BEST THINGS ABOUT WAKING UP

ByDr. Mark November 5, 2024 0 Comments
“God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up. They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over).He’s all I’ve got left.” (Lamentations 3:22-23 The Message Bible) As a coffee drinker, I no longer frown at the commercial that points to coffee as “the best thing about waking...

IT DIDN’T HAPPEN!

ByDr. Mark November 4, 2024 0 Comments
I went to a grocery store, not the same one, but a different store every day last week. Yet in those places and spaces filled with faces, it didn’t happen! I sat in a lobby area at a local hospital, working at a table alone on my personal computer. There was an open seat across from me, and I believe I looked open to conversation or at least worthy of a friendly greeting. You see, I was...

THE PEBBLE OF SAND ON THE BEACH

ByDr. Mark November 3, 2024 0 Comments
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8 NASB) Before you read any further, I want you to share a fact with you; a fact that will help you understand the meaning behind the content that follows. This fact will also help you appreciate that you are one of the chosen. Fact: Scientists estimate that Earth contains 7.5...

SIMPLY A SATURDAY QUOTE

ByDr. Mark November 2, 2024 0 Comments
“The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can...

DUSTED!

ByDr. Mark November 1, 2024 0 Comments
“So, Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s charge; and with Joseph there he did not  pay attention to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome and attractive in form and appearance. Then after a time his master’s wife looked at Joseph with desire, and she said, “Lie with me.” But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look,...

THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED MY MIND!

ByDr. Mark October 31, 2024 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) I could have titled this meditation, “I Once Was Blind, But Now I See,” but I opted to title it based in the eye-opening night that changed my mind. Not that many years ago I taught a 400-level course, “Ethics” as it applied to leadership. Four hundred level courses are...

SAFE

ByDr. Mark October 30, 2024 0 Comments
“Because the Lord is my Shepherd, I have everything I need! He lets me rest in the meadow grass and leads me beside the quiet streams. He gives me new strength. He helps me do what honors him the most. Even when walking through the dark valley of death I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me, guarding, guiding all the way. You provide delicious food for me in the presence of my...

THE TREASURE HUNT

ByDr. Mark October 29, 2024 0 Comments
“I rejoice in your word like one who discovers a great treasure.” (Psalm 119:162 NLT) The Sunday service had just ended. The minister who delivered the sermon stood at the back of the church, shaking hands with members of the congregation as they exited the sanctuary. The minister smiled as each person came by. Some shared some brief words, mostly complimentary, “Good message, Pastor.”...

HOLD ON!

ByDr. Mark October 28, 2024 0 Comments
This truly is your Monday Short Meditation. Please meditate on the verse below. Hopefully, when you are done meditating, you will have the same commitment as the Apostle Paul, ready to hold on to what you have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus! The Lord has a purpose for you, regardless of your stage, age, or acreage on which your residence is located, and no matter what changes your face, and...

MYRA, MYRON, AND MILLIE

ByDr. Mark October 27, 2024 0 Comments
Three co-workers, good friends, are sitting at their usual table in the crowded cafeteria on a cold day when no one left the building for lunch. Their standard lunchroom table is in a far corner, away from a lot of the foot traffic and loudmouthed tables where topics from sports to so-called-secrets are being discussed. Let me paint the picture better. At those other tables, co- workers sit and...