Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
Ever feel like a loser?
No? Well, I have. (I never thought I would, but now I know different.)
So if you’ve ever thought of yourself as a loser, I understand well enough the discouragement and the sense of uselessness.
“I can’t do anything right!” Yeah, well, check this out: Read it all
Wait. Do you really want to know that I’ve had two cups of coffee, one banana, and one long walk? No, likely not. Huh — imagine that. OK, forget that, then.
Instead I’ll clue you in to some of what I’ve seen online so far today. How’s that? Read it all
To ask or not to ask. Now that can be a real puzzler sometimes.
Especially when the “target” for the request is God Almighty Himself.
Why should that be such a puzzler? I guess I don’t know.
Whatever the case, Tuesday morning I posted on my devotional blog: Read it all
“I. Hate. Failure.”
That’s how I planned to start my short devotional talk last Sunday evening before our monthly Moments in Missions.
Someone far closer to the front of the auditorium “captured” the podium before I took even one step into the auditorium! Chalk that one up to befuddled communication. 😆
So my talk will need to wait. But in the interest of trying to encourage you, let me give you the verses I thought to use. Read it all
If you have stony sections in your heart-garden, plant one verse there that helps you deal with that particular problem.
Start out on a problem by praying rather than by worrying.
God uses His Word to clean our hearts. Read it all
I went on my early morning half-mile-each-way walk. (I like to walk.)
The temperature was a tad nippy, the precipitation was barely drippy, the air currents were somewhat whippy, and I felt borderline zippy.
As I walked, I talked. In my head. With certain subjects on the agenda. Read it all
I used to make computer wallpaper using (generally-)scenic photography and personalized Psalms (and other Scripture verses).
I wanted to have a day’s outstanding verse fragment before me all day.
Alas, I still forgot to remember and focus on those Scriptures. 🙁
So this really resonates in my heart: Read it all