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THE APOSTLE PAUL & Y’ALL!

ByDr. Mark March 21, 2026 3 Comments
“We are pressed on every side by troubles, but not crushed and broken. We are perplexed because we don’t know why things happen as they do, but we don’t give up and quit. We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going.” (2 Corinthians 4:8-9 The Living Bible) This short meditation is about “The Apostle Paul and Y’all. “The...

THE EYES

ByDr. Mark March 20, 2026 0 Comments
“The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.” (Proverbs 15:3 NASB) Dr. King, my lovely wife, is not an eye doctor, but an educator. But her eyes might tend to disagree with what I know and grant her the highest honorary degree in Eye Functionality. Let me tell you why. A month ago, Dr. King was in Chicago, visiting one of our sons and his family. While she was...

STAY THE COURSE! GO THE DISTANCE!

ByDr. Mark March 16, 2026 2 Comments
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” (Hebrews 11:1) Spring is just around the corner.  With temperature rising, it seems like every day there is an increasing number of runners taking to the streets; training for...

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE ASTONISHING PART?

ByDr. Mark February 27, 2026 0 Comments
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” (3 John 4) A little boy who will celebrate his fifth birthday tomorrow asked his grandparents for a new bible. He already had one filled several childhood stories and colorful pictures, but he wanted another bible, one with more words. The grandparents went to the bookstore and looked at a number of bibles...

THE WOODS OF LIFE

ByDr. Mark February 15, 2026 0 Comments
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.!” (Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB) A scoutmaster told his four most senior scouts that he was going to take them on a night exercise in a deep wooded area. He gave each one of the young men a list of things they should be sure to bring, one of them being a...

WHAT’S YOUR BEST?

ByDr. Mark February 5, 2026 0 Comments
The question in the above title has nothing to do with your best food, your best show, or your bestie, or you best time ever. But make no mistake, it does have something to do with YOU. Since you made it through the first sentence, and I appreciate you for doing so, let me explain and expand, so that you will be able to respond in an exact and expected way. First, know that I’m not asking YOU...

THE DUBS

ByDr. Mark February 3, 2026 2 Comments
“There is none like You, Lord; You are great, and Your name is great in might.” (Jeremiah 10:6 NASB) No, you did not accidentally click on ab NBA sports update site. This meditation has nothing to do with a Western Conference team with multiple championships that uses “Dubs” as shorthand version of the team’s first letter in their formal name; the letter W. Also, please note that...

REFRAME IT!

ByDr. Mark December 30, 2025 0 Comments
“Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire; and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way. When David and his men came to the city, behold, it...

THE MUCH BETTER VIEW

ByDr. Mark December 18, 2025 4 Comments
 “Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!” (Quote by Ingrid Bergman) We are approaching December 31st. As I have shared with you previously, that is the date set for the last edition of Mark Writes meditations. During these nine years, daily I have not failed to indicate my continued commitment to the climb, and I hope I have...

POINTS OF INTEREST

ByDr. Mark December 17, 2025 2 Comments
“So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam...