DID YOU EVER GET A SPANKING?

ByDr. Mark May 7, 2023 0 Comments
“So don't feel sorry for yourselves.  Or have you forgotten how good parents treat children, and that God regards you as his children?  My dear child, don't shrug off God's discipline, but don't be crushed by it either.  It's the child he loves that he disciplines; the child he embraces, he also corrects.” (Hebrews 12:5-6 The Message Bible) Regarding the title today, that was the question...

YOUR SATURDAY CHORE LIST

ByDr. Mark May 6, 2023 0 Comments
“You are wonderful, Lord, and you deserve all praise, because you are much greater than anyone can understand.” (Psalm 145:3 Contemporary English Version) It’s Saturday and most of us have an actual or at the minimum, a mental “things to do list” that expresses what we need to get done today.  We have our chores, our casual activity plans, our comfortable weekend naps.  We...

HOW TO LIVE VICTORIOUSLY AFTER VENTING

ByDr. Mark May 5, 2023 0 Comments
“Listen to my prayer, O God.  Do not ignore my cry for help!” (Psalm 55:1 NLT) All of us our guilty of venting at some time or the other.  Sometimes we vent to a friend, a family member, or we find a compassionate member of the family of God to whom we can vent.  Sometimes we vent directly to God via our prayers.  Venting helps us release stress or aid us in resting from...

THE CEREAL, THE CHIPS, AND THE COUNSELOR

ByDr. Mark May 4, 2023 0 Comments
“I have treasured Your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against You.” (Psalm 119:11 NASB) You have occasionally heard factual stories that are focused on my trips to the grocery store over the last five years.  Well, here is another one.  Earlier this week, I went to the store with the shopping list that was composed by my spouse.  I say “composed,” because it is...

CLOUDY DAYS

ByDr. Mark May 3, 2023 0 Comments
“Behind the clouds, the sun is still shining.” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) Where I live, literally, we have had a great number of cloudy days and partly cloudy days to start the Spring season.  The number of cloudy days that people experience depends on their location, geographically speaking and spiritually speaking.  In regard to the former, there is one city in the United States that...

TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR READING HABITS

ByDr. Mark May 2, 2023 0 Comments
“People need every word that God has spoken.” (Matthew 4:4b Contemporary English Version) When I retrieve the daily mail from my mailbox, I pause, flip through the envelopes, and look to see what was delivered.  Most of the time it is a bill, an acknowledgement or receipt for paying a bill, an enticement to make a new bill, a political campaign postcard that promises to take action with a...

YOUR THEME SONG FOR THE WEEK

ByDr. Mark May 1, 2023 0 Comments
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.   He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.  He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.  Thou preparest a table...

STAND!

ByDr. Mark April 30, 2023 0 Comments
“It was for this freedom that Christ set us free ; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery .” (Galatians 5:1 The Amplified Bible) The Lord has sent us a twofold message, communicated in today’s Scriptural references.  The opening Scripture tell us what to do, and the closing verse will help us do what we are to do.  Read them both, regard...

FINALLY, I DID IT!

ByDr. Mark April 29, 2023 0 Comments
Since the time change this year, almost every other day I said that I was going to change the air filter on the furnace.  Time passed by; day after day, and week after week, and I really had no excuse for not changing the filter.  Well, Thursday, I finally stopped stalling, stopped putting off a simple task that would benefit the whole household and all who entered.  Calling it...

WHEN THE DEVICE GETS IT WRONG

ByDr. Mark April 28, 2023 0 Comments
“Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord.” (Psalm 5:19b NIV) If You use Alexa or Siri, I am sure “she” did not comply with your request at some time or the other.  It happens to me all the time.  When I asked her to play “Be Thankful for What You’ve Got,” she played that old song that said, “You may not drive a great bug car, diamond in the back, big white...