Still waiting for spring, but I know it’s already here. By the way, my middle name is Mark, too. :)
The Truth
God sent me His love letter, when I was 13. Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIMrXwyLK2g&list=RDHZM_UspVJdQ&index=28
When I was 15, I received a promise that I would never want as long as I would be looking for the Truth. As an example that the promise has always been fulfilled, I remember that, at one point, I lost my job and had only $1,000 in the bank, but I owed a friend $900. I figured he would never see his money, unless I would give it to him, which I did. The very next day, I had a job, teaching in Prison Education in the University Behind Bars program in Massachusetts, where I lived at the time.
The feeling
For 23 years, I used to ask my students if they knew about a feeling that is best described as a longing that is so beautiful that you don’t want it to end. One in three hundred did.
I know of only one real longing. I was born with it and it has haunted me ever since. It will outlive me too. It seems to be alluded to in certain Bible texts which however I shall not quote. Never having met anybody from the biblical faiths who took such longing in the least seriously I can only assume that I have misunderstood.
I can't put into words how the LORD has provided way beyond what I could accomplish on my own. HE has brought good out of all the bad in my life. Most of all thank you JESUS for the forgiveness of my sins which are many and the kingdom of heaven NOW and for all eternity!