Tag: Self

WHEN YOU LOVE YOURSELF

ByDr. Mark September 16, 2025 1 Comment
“On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as...

DENYING SELF

ByDr. Mark January 10, 2025 0 Comments
“As they were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they compelled to carry His cross. (Matthew 9:32 NASB) An onlooker, watching as Jesus carried the crossbeam of the cross on which He would be crucified down the path called the Via Dolorosa, a man of Cyrene, he was pressed into service to help Jesus. Our Savior was physically weak as a result of being the victim of the...

LOOKING AT YOU

ByDr. Mark May 13, 2024 0 Comments
“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good deeds and moral excellence, and   glorify your Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16 King James Version) Here is a poem I wrote a while back, a few years ago. Perhaps it does not compare with influential poets of old like Homer, Emerson, or Poe, but it comes inspired from within, that I know. It may not have the...

PICTURE YOU! WHO ART YOU?

ByDr. Mark August 20, 2022 0 Comments
“Your conduct among the heathen should be so good that when they accuse you of being evildoers, they will have to recognize your good deeds and so praise God on the Day of his coming.” (I Peter 2:12 Good News Translation) Harriet Maher, in an article published online in an edition of Imaginated.com defined abstract art as follows. “Abstract art is the kind of art that emphasizes the use of...

THE TWO CUPS

ByDr. Mark April 6, 2022 0 Comments
“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12 NASB) The saying embossed on two coffee cups looked outright selfish to me.  The multi-color words on the cups read, “More Self Love.”  These two cups, sitting uninterrupted on the store shelve, were perfect for the décor where I pictured...

IT’S A GOOD THING!

ByDr. Mark June 3, 2021 0 Comments
“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation[.”  (Psalm 42:5 ESV) Talking to yourself is a good thing!  No, you are right, I have no scholastic studies to support my statement. I have not gathered data from any particular age group. I have read no books on self-talk.  But I will stand firm on...

ADVICE: “DON’T GO PETER ON SOMEBODY!”

ByDr. Mark February 7, 2021 0 Comments
“Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)” (John 18:10 NIV) The scene of our opening text was at Jesus’ arrest.  You remember the story.  Peter’s automatic response we to start a knife fact, but Jesus, knowing that His appointment was at Golgotha, to be lifted high on a...