You used me to defend the weak
I was, in Your hands, the watchman on the wall
Standing boldly in the gap. Your word from my mouth was used
to confront and beat back evil
by Your Word
Lives were healed
Marriages were restored and marriage honored
Emptiness was made full, hunger turned to satisfaction, blindness replaced with vision
What am I here?
I remember the worship
The calling of others into sacrificial service
In Your hands, the weak were strengthened to stand
What am I here?
You used me to teach the lost truth to the sick and dead hearts
I was your shofar
The sound roused the sleepers. It awakened those on the verge of death
What am I here?
There were days I stood alone though never without your Word or Spirit
Days when the lonely tears of my wife poured out onto the altar of your temple
Weeks and seasons filled with victory and encouragement
What am I here?
My old eyes looked for evil to stumble and good to rise
Yet the fall of man constantly plays out on the stage before me
I am grateful for the victories won in youth
For now all I see is the defeat caused by my own sin.
Author: Ronald C. Marks
BA (Chemistry, Honors), The University of Tennessee, 1982
MS (Chemistry – Organic), The University of Tennessee, 1988
PhD (Chemistry – Organic), The University of Tennessee, 1994
Dr. Ronald Curtis Marks is Professor of Chemistry at North Greenville University, Tigerville, South Carolina. At North Greenville University, Dr. Marks has taught courses in chemistry, physics, earth science, and a Junior Honors Seminar on “Hot Topics in Science”. He is a past member of the American Chemical Society (the dues became too expensive!) and Creation Research Society. He has been married for over thirty years - to the same amazing woman. They have one incredible daughter.
Prior to teaching at North Greenville University, Ron served for twenty years in the U.S. Air Force, where his experience ranged from managing the acquisition of aircraft simulators, to work with chemical and biological counterterrorism and intelligence organizations. While in the Air Force, he spent two separate three-year terms teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. During his last assignment there, Ron was in charge of the administration and organization of the General Chemistry program responsible for instruction of over 1,000 students each semester. In addition, Ron is an ordained Elder, Deacon, has served as a Minister of Education in local churches and as a home church pastor. He has served as congregational and choir music leadership, biblical and theological studies teacher and on the Organizational Board and Curriculum Committee for Maryville Christian School, Maryville, Tennessee.
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