MY MOMMA SAID…

ByDr. Mark August 15, 2023 0 Comments
“She is a woman of strength and dignity and has no fear of old age.  When she speaks, her words are wise, and kindness is the rule for everything she says.” (Proverbs 31:25-26 The Living Bible) Yesterday I shared a poem written by my Aunt Maude.  The Lord must have wanted to impress on me the fact that my family history includes people of faith who trusted in God and left behind words that...

THE GREATER WRITER IN THE FAMILY

ByDr. Mark August 14, 2023 0 Comments
(Subtitle: Find The Courage to Pray) “So your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.” (2 Samuel 7:27b) Good Monday morning!  This is your Monday Short meditation.  And while as of yesterday, I have composed over 1, 571, 375 words and submitted them under the brand, Mark Writes, I am not as great a composer as my late Aunt, Maude Rose Lee King, who went to her heavenly home...

PREFERRED: THE ONE-WORD ANSWER TYPE

ByDr. Mark August 13, 2023 0 Comments
“His name will be Jesus.” (Luke1:31b Contemporary English Version) Do you remember those school days where you took tests every Friday, or pop quizzes unannounced?  It did not matter what type of test we were quizzed on, and the level of the educational institution had no bearing on our preference for questions that only asked for a one-word answer, like “True” or “False.”  We...

DRIVER’S ASSIST

ByDr. Mark August 12, 2023 0 Comments
“But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.” (John 14:25 NLT) Your new model car is equipped with all kinds of driver’s assist features, lane assist, parking assist, remote start, steering assist, adaptive cruise control, blind spot monitoring, automatic emergency...

THE WORD OF GOD IS TRUE

ByDr. Mark August 11, 2023 0 Comments
“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.  But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” (James 1:2-4) Monday and Tuesday I engaged in a lot of prep work, more than I thought would be necessary, before contractors came in to put down flooring in the master...

UNSEEN WOUNDS & SCARS

ByDr. Mark August 10, 2023 0 Comments
“Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.” (Psalm 30:2 NIV) In a classic movie originally aired in times past, two hero figures started sharing places on their anatomy where they had been wounded and scared n various situations.  Every time one of the characters pointed to an injury, the other character would show one of his wounds or scars, as to say, “I can top...

COMING OUT OF YOUR CAVE

ByDr. Mark August 9, 2023 0 Comments
“So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God.  There he came to a cave, where he spent the night.  But the Lord said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” (I Kings 19:8-9 NLT) As you can tell from our opening verses, which is about Elijah, shortly after his victory of the prophets of...

THE GREATEST SUBSTITUTE AWARD

ByDr. Mark August 8, 2023 0 Comments
THE GREATEST SUBSTITUTE AWARD “While we were still helpless , at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.  Now it is an extraordinary thing for one to willingly give his life even for an upright man, though perhaps for a good man someone might even dare to die.  But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for...

DEALING WITH CONFLICT: A COMPRESSED LESSON

ByDr. Mark August 7, 2023 0 Comments
“Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.  The one woman said, “Pardon me, my lord: this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.  And it happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together.  There was no stranger with us in the house, only the...

BRING IT ON!

ByDr. Mark August 6, 2023 0 Comments
“Now it came about after this, that war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the giants, and they were subdued.  And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.  Again there was war at Gath,...