The Concert Ministry of Timothy Mark Newsletter

Timothy Mark Ministries Newsletter May 2008

In this issue:

1. The Very Best
2. Ministry Events for May & June
4. Interested In Hosting a Timothy Mark Ministry Event?

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The Very Best back to top

Everything I need to know about the love of God I learned from my Mother’s bathroom closet. I know that sounds weird but bear with me and I think you will understand.

I currently live 541 miles away from my parent’s home in Southern Michigan. When I have the opportunity to be in their region for ministry I often stay with them. It is always a privilege to get one of Mom’s home cooked meals and to be able to catch up on family news and conversation. But the real secret to the joy of being there lies hidden in their bathroom closet.

Their bathroom closet probably looks a lot like yours. There’s a shelf with a variety of toiletries, medicines, combs, brushes and hand held mirrors. There’s a magazine in there for some reason (I’ve never understood that) and a pile of old towels and washcloths stacked in the back. All in all it is a pretty normal bathroom closet.

Yet the most amazing thing happens in that closet. Somehow, every time I go to take a shower, the nicest, thickest, newest towel they own magically makes its way to the top of the stack. The majority of towels they own are well worn and thin from years of use. But invariably when I reach in the closet to grab a towel, there will be that one special towel just waiting for me. It’s a white all-cotton towel with thin blue stripes on it. It is lush and thick. It is the nicest one they own and somehow it is always waiting for me when it is my turn to get cleaned up.

I began noticing this phenomenon some time ago and began to look into this further without my Mother’s knowledge. Once I surprised my folks and stopped in to spend a few days with them unannounced. I arrived at the house when they were gone and made my to the bathroom closet. Opening the door I looked in the back and found the magical towel way down in the pile. But later that night, with no one using the bath before me, when I went to take a shower that towel somehow had made its way to the top of the stack.

Now I know this may seem silly and I am pretty sure I am not talking about the paranormal here. I believe there is a very simple explanation for how this towel is always there waiting for me: my mother loves me. I am confident that she is sneaking into the bathroom to put that towel on the top of the pile so it is there when it is my turn to get cleaned up. Why? Because she loves me.

My mother doesn’t love me because I do nice things for her, although I am sure she appreciates it. She loves me because I am her son. It is part of her nature to love me because she gave birth to me. I can blow it and be inconsiderate. She still loves me. I can say stupid things sometimes. She still loves me. I can hurt her without meaning to. She still loves me. I can forget to call. She still loves me. She just loves me and I love her for that. And because she loves me she always wants the very best for me, including the nicest towel she owns.

That’s why I say that everything I needed to know about the love of God I learned from my Mother’s bathroom closet. God always wants the very best for me. I am his son. I can blow it and he still loves me. I can stiff arm him and try to make life work on my own and he will still love me. It is his nature to love me. It is part of who he is. It is his character to love me. He just loves me and I love him for that.

Are you aware that God loves you? Do you understand that he always wants the very best for you? It was his love for you that caused him to give you his very best – his one and only son. It was his love for you that caused him to make a way so that you could have a real personal relationship with him. But it doesn’t just end there. When I understand in a small way how much God loves me I can trust him more in uncertain circumstances. When things don’t seem to be working the way I think they should I can remember the towel and know that it is all going to be Okay. It is because he loves me. And because he always wants the best for me I can rest in that knowledge when things may not seem to be going my way.

Not only that, but the love I have for God is a direct result of the love he has shown to me. I love God because he first loved me. I love him because I am aware of his kindness to me in the smallest details of my life. Often it is the little thing he does for me that causes me to stop and thank him for his love to me. I am grateful for his love. I am motivated to love him when I understand in a small way his love for me. I am humbled when I realize how often he has interceded in my life as an expression of his love for me. I am so very blessed.

I have a feeling when my Mother reads this she will deny any knowledge of the towel mystery. She will say I am being silly. And I will just smile and agree with her. After all, it’s probably just the same aliens who do the crop circles. But when it’s my turn to take a shower and I reach into the closet to grab that towel off the top of the pile, I will smile and say a little prayer thanking the Lord for loving me with a Mother like that.

He always gives the very best.

Till next month,

Ministry Events for May & June back to top

Come hear Timothy live at one of the following events in May & June and mention you heard about it through the newsletter. For detailed information check out the full schedule here.

May 3 - North Adams, Michigan

May 4 - Cambria, Michigan

May 11 - East Lansing, Michigan

May 11 - Athens, Michigan

May 18 - Elfrida, Arizona

June 8 - Chinook, Montana

June 15 - Peoria, Illinois

June 20 - 21 - Altoona, Pennsylvania

June 22 - Altoona, Pennsylvania

June 27 - Marion, Ohio

June 29 - Leland, Michigan

June 29 - Clarksville, Michigan

Interested In Hosting a Timothy Mark Ministry Event for your Organization? back to top

The schedule is coming together for 2008 and we are already scheduling into 2009 and 2010. God has blessed abundantly with multiplied opportunities for ministry. If you are interested in hosting a concert, conference, or revival meetings please let us know as soon as possible so we can accommodate you. It would be a privilege. As always, all of the ministry events are booked on a simple love offering basis. If the church or organization is able to help with travel expenses it is appreciated but never required. Call or email today at timothy@timothymark.com.

Timothy Mark Ministries is a non-profit organization. For more information contact timothy@timothymark.com or write:
Timothy Mark Ministries, PO Box 2003, Columbia, TN, 38402