Tag: jihad

• Letting God

  I am contemplating the idea of “Letting go and letting God.” My life is in turmoil. Those who are closest to me know the details so I will not continue to post them publicly. I am painfully aware that I am not in control of anyone else and I am surrendering even my own will…

  Mark

  July 1, 2026

  witness

  control, gentle, God, Jesus, jihad, powerless, wrath

• Struggle and Gratitude

  I have been saying “The struggle is real but so is the gratitude” a lot lately. It is my own phrase though in the end it will probably be misattributed to Aristotle or Confucius. But I’ll spell out what it means to me right now in this moment. The word struggle is deeply tied to…

  Mark

  May 1, 2025

  witness

  choices, gratitude, jihad, love, serve, struggle, trials