Author name: Mark

Striving every day to know Him more.

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Playing the Odds

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At 6 AM I sit in a Las Vegas hotel room munching on breakfast and blogging.  Downstairs, even at this hour, people are at the blackjack tables and slot machines giving money to the hotel. They’re hoping the hotel will give even more back.  I believe the odds would be better if they placed the money

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He Waits

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Morning comes early; a day is given. A child rises to live the day. The Father is watching and waiting. Will he talk to Me today? Will he share “his” time? Can we live this day together? The Father already knows the answer, Yet still, He listens, watches, and waits.

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Kernel Panic

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“Kernel panic” the message on the screen said, which in computer language means “I give up.” My server has been having issues all week so last night I finally replaced it with another one. I tried everything before giving up on that old computer but in the end, it just had to be replaced. Sometimes

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Bouncing off Trees

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Sam and I played “disc golf” yesterday. For those of you who are not up on the latest sports, disc golf is like regular golf except you throw a Frisbee to a basket instead of hitting a golf ball to a hole. It’s fun, cheap, and good exercise. (I know of no disc golf course

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100 Words

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The pastor challenged us this week to tell our story of how we came to know Jesus, in 100 words or less. Even for a fairly simple story like mine, to squeeze it in 100 words is harder than one might think. In exactly 100 words . . . I accepted Christ when I was

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I Guy I Didn’t Know

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Yesterday, I went to the funeral of a guy I didn’t know. It was interesting to hear about his life and his Christian walk. I think I’ll look him up when I get to Heaven.

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What Chicken Little Knew

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The walnuts woke me up last night.  They fall from the tree beside our house onto the roof, making a terrible racket in the process.  My poor roof suffers from the pounding. Every year I think “This is the last year I am putting up with that.”  A few weeks ago I even crawled on the roof

Consider This

Bloom Where You’re Planted

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Bloom where you are planted.  It’s the best way to get your beauty noticed. . . and to keep from getting mowed over.  😉 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  

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Old Story, New Light

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I was blessed this morning while reading the story of Daniel and the Lion’s Den. I challenge you to read it from the King’s perspective. If you are like me, you may find that you can relate more to his arrogance, impetuousness, remorse, worry, self effort, attempt at faith and . . . God’s rescue.

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