Tag: Getting

YOU KNOW YOU’RE OLD WHEN…

ByDr. Mark March 6, 2026 0 Comments
This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24 NLT) Waiting their turn to get their haircut at a popular barbershop, a couple of older gentlemen enter the shop having a hilarious dialogue. Each one took a turn making a statement that started with the phrase, “You know you’re old when…” Just so you can see the scene, know that this was one of...

WHEN YOU GET OLD…

ByDr. Mark February 16, 2026 0 Comments
This is your Monday Short meditation, entitled, “When You Get Old…” There are some things I would like to point out to help generations of every age understand the behaviors they observe or observed when their parents and grandparents advanced in age. I have to make this short, true, but I hope to make it surely beneficial. Listen now! When you get old… …you will realize that money...

“C” YOUR WAY THROUGH IT!

ByDr. Mark November 27, 2024 0 Comments
The “C” in the title it not slang, not a clever abbreviation with no meaning, and not intended to confuse you. Conversely, hopefully, the title intrigued you and inclined you to make it a point to keep reading. What I am about to write is not limited to the holiday season where we hurry around, busy prepping, preparing for people gatherings and plenty of good times. No, what I am about to...

LOOK HOW THEY GOT THERE

ByDr. Mark January 23, 2024 0 Comments
“Therefore, you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48 NASB) Over the years I have witnessed individuals working endlessly, striving to be better, laboring daily in some area or the other. Surprisingly, shockingly, and with the surpassing o time, they reached “better.” Here are a few examples. There was the overweight woman who tread miles of speed walking...

HOW TO GET THINGS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

ByDr. Mark September 29, 2023 0 Comments
“God spoke all these words: I am God, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a life of slavery.  No other gods, only me.  No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim.  Don’t bow down to them and don’t serve them because I am God, your God, and I’m a most jealous God, punishing the children for any sins...

A RIDDLE THAT ONLY YOU CAN ANSWER

ByDr. Mark December 29, 2022 0 Comments
Let me present you with a riddle, one that is fitting for the few days left before the door to the present year is closed and a door to the new year is opened.  This riddle, as the title indicates, is one that only you can answer.  I left out an opening verse intentionally.  But don’t peak ahead to the closing verses, a couple of passages, until you have thought about your answer to my...

WHEN YOU WANT TO GET IT RIGHT…

ByDr. Mark July 28, 2022 0 Comments
“I don't do like others.  I obey your teachings and am not cruel.  I have followed you, without ever stumbling.” (Psalm 17:4-5 Contemporary English Version) David’s words in our opening verses should be your words.  If this was a Monday morning, that is all I would say.  But it’s Thursday, so let me continue.  Smile! The bag where I kept my tools was stored in the garage...

“ON GETTING HIGH!”

ByDr. Mark February 9, 2022 0 Comments
“The Lord is high above all nations, His glory above the heavens.” (Psalm 113:4 NKJV) Before I confess, let me point out that on a recent, televised interview, featuring a well-known celebrity, this famous person responded to the question, “Do you ever shop at thrift shops?’ with the response, “Of course!”  Now my confession, “I do to!”  I am how one of my friends...