In the game of life, we strive to be winners. After all, we want to be on top, be recognized for our achievements and take home the trophies. The problem is that sometimes we simply can’t win. We must choose to surrender. We have to wave the white flag and give up. Learning to surrender […]
Mark on the Move
Making Progress!
A quote I read says, “I may not be who I want to be, and I may not be who I am going to be, but thank God, I am not who I was.” That pretty much describes me and you may find it describes you as well. We are all works in progress and […]
Damaged Goods
Since my stroke recovery, I’ve been impressed with the value and beauty of life in ways I probably took for granted before. I recognize that God is in control and that He can bring any of our lives through some pretty amazing twists and turns. I now realize that there’s a gift in a life-threatening […]
Just Sit Still
Do you remember when you were just a wiggly little kid and your mother would give you that look you knew so well. It was the one that reminded you to just sit still. You didn’t need her to say a word. You just had to look at her face, and all the wiggling stopped. […]
Up with Prayer
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, NKJV I have to admit that I was one of those people who couldn’t even imagine what it meant to “pray without ceasing.” After all, if I’m praying every moment, how do I have […]
Where Else Can I Turn?
When life overwhelms us or becomes difficult, perhaps even causing us to feel hopeless, we wonder where we can turn. Where will we find the help we need to get through the crisis of the moment? When I was in the early phases of stroke recovery, I wasn’t always sure if I would get back […]
An Invisible Shield
In Bible times, great warriors and kings had armor bearers, those who walked before them carrying their shield. Whether that shield truly protected them from the arrows of their enemies, I’m not sure. You and I probably don’t expect someone to walk in front of us with a shield to protect us from others, but […]
Let Hope Surround You
One of the outcomes for any of us when we are hit by a crisis, whether it’s a health crisis or some other form of difficulty, is that we can lose hope. Losing hope is like pulling all the shades and denying that there is still light outside. We’re surrounded by everything that only adds […]
Because of Who He Is!
Having a stroke is a serious thing! There are times when I have wondered why I am still alive, or why I recovered as well as I did. It could have gone some other way and I recognize that. There were many times after I first came out of the induced coma, when I wondered […]
Difficult, But Not Impossible!
I suspect that anyone who has suffered a stroke or some other crisis of health will have a lot of stories of how difficult it was to get through those days. I remember a time when I would have said that difficult wasn’t even the right word to describe how I felt. Everything loomed ahead […]