Tag: Positive

THE POSITIVE SIDE OF MISTAKES

ByDr. Mark August 9, 2025 0 Comments
“We can only learn from mistakes, by identifying them, determining their source, and correcting them... people learn more from their own mistakes than from the successes of others. — Russell L. Ackoff A week ago, a young lady, being totally transparent for the sake of others, shared with the congregation about how a mistake caused her to lose her job. Now, finding herself in a job search,...

CATCH SOMEONE DOING RIGHT THIS MORNING!

ByDr. Mark May 12, 2024 0 Comments
“Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”...

WHEN PAIN IS POSITIVE

ByDr. Mark January 1, 2023 0 Comments
I have been on the receiving end of a stranger blessing me unexpectedly.  Let me show you what I mean.  Driving at a toll booth during the time when people manned the toll booths, on two occasions, I pulled up, ready to pay my toll and I was informed that the person in front of me had paid for it.  It apparently was painless, at least that is what I deducted from the smile on the...

UNTIL

ByDr. Mark August 9, 2021 0 Comments
“My little children, for whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed within you.” (Galatians 4:19 Amplified Bible) As children, after misbehaving we were told to go to our room and think about it until we were in our right mind.  We have had the policies of the home in which we were raised, reiterated, and reinforced by the resounding, relentless words expressed by our parents,...