Michael Harrison's e-devotion

  There are so many things and overflow that I could share with you as the week begins, but I want to introduce you to a special lady.  It was 46 years ago that I first met Tricia Elliott.  She was my third grade teacher, and actually I was in her class for two years. There is more to that story.  I was not a good student.  I struggled, but Mrs. Elliott saw something in me and started encouraging me.  And she has not stopped encouraging me throughout the years. As a difficult time in our family Tricia stood up to help us by sitting with my grandmother when she was near death.  Tricia would tell you that began a new career for her of caring for others in need.   From those years of my youth to me being in my mid 50’s now, Tricia Speas, her name now, continues to pour in to my life.  Her prayers and her kindness has been a great blessing.  From those early years I have so many memories that have impacted me.  The few times we have con...

  This week I have am at the Celebrate Recovery Summit with a group of people from our church.  And in today’s e-devotion I am simply going to give you some of my notes and take aways from the 20 pages of notes I have taken on the first two days of the summit.   This is awesome stuff, and I hope you will be inspired as I have been… Recovery is the interception of faith and healing - Johnny Baker Forgiveness is directly tied to pain and the deep, hard work of healing - Jen Baker The world brags on retribution.  Jesus brags on how merciful He is - Jen Baker We are not called to forgive because someone is worthy of it,  We are called to forgive because someone had mercy on us. - Jen Baker Jesus came looking for us before we went looking for Him, and Jesus interrupted our story to change our story.  - Mac Owen Redemption is not about self improvement but about a divine intervention. - Mac Owen At times we view God through the lens of our struggle which should n...

  This week I have am at the Celebrate Recovery Summit with a group of people from our church.  Wednesday we were blessed with a spoken word poem by Hosanna Wong.  It is so good. So I thought I would share with the text of the poem and a link to a video of her sharing.  This is incredible.   It is long but so good.  Watch it here: https://youtu.be/w6uFqfzZ3KE?si=8auI8Me_IbRLPopW … Enjoy! “I Have a New Name” by Hosanna Wong God spends a lot of time in the Bible Telling us who we are It′s almost as if He knew that we would doubt Who that was, from time to time It's as if He saw it coming That we′d spend our whole lives searching For what our identity, what our real name was And that there'd be many moments in our lives Where we'd let different kinds of names define us When we′ve looked in the mirror Compared ourselves to pictures, and heard the name "Ugly" When we′ve been left by loved ones People we trusted once, and heard the name “Unworthy" When we've b...