Get Mark and bring him with you because he is helpful to me in my ministry.

2 Timothy 4 verse 11.

Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread.

God Will Act was written by Leslie Coe and read by West Ward.

Acts chapter 15 verses 36 through 41.

Sometime later, Paul said to Barnabas,

let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns

where we preach the word of the Lord and see how they are doing. Barnabas wanted to take

John, also called Mark with them, but Paul did not think it wise to take him because he had deserted

them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company.

Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus.

But Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord.

He went through Syria and Silesia, strengthening the churches.

God Will Act, written by Leslie Coe.

A hardworking clerk, Aaron always did her job well, But after she was accused of dishonesty,

Aaron was put on leave while being investigated. She felt like quitting in protest, but was

advised to wait it out. Leaving suggests you're guilty, she was told.

So Aaron stayed, praying for God to give her justice.

Sure enough, months later, she was cleared.

John Mark may have felt the same when Paul dropped him from the mission team in the Book of Acts.

To be sure, the young man had left him earlier, but perhaps he'd regretted this and was hoping to be included this time.

He must have felt unfairly judged by Paul.

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