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The Originals, Week 5, Day 6

by David Joynt on February 09, 2018


 MARK: THE UNFORESEEN IMPACT

 

MARK 1:1

 

If Mark had not responded positively to his failure, the story of
Christ would not have been told in its completeness. For later on, Mark composed his Gospel, probably in consultation or close
relationship with Peter. Mark's Gospel is the core of Matthew
and Luke's narratives.

 

At the time, Mark responded to his big failure; of course, he could
not know that later he'd make such a massive unforeseen
contribution. Often the meaning of our lives and our central
impacts are invisible to us.

 

 

Looking back, have you ever had an unexpected impact on
someone or something?

 

 

Thank God today for giving you new opportunities after your
moments of failure.

 

Tags: big failure

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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