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I am blessed


Today’s post is more personal than most. From time to time I share about our family, our joy and the blessings of God.  Today is one of those.

We are so excited to be headed to the college where our middle child has spent the last 2 and half years getting her degree.  Ruth has made her mother and I extremely proud.  She is the second of our children to complete her college degree and to do so in great fashion.

Ruth, your hard work and all our prayers have paid off.  Thank you for being strong.  You are smart.  We are so proud of you!  Congratulations on your graduation from the College of William and Mary!!!

As I said Ruth’s mother and I are so proud of her.  Alone I would be in trouble.  I have a partner in crime, a travel companion, a friend and so much more in my wife, Julie.  She is the epitome of Mother’s Day.  I am grateful for her and her hard work.  Plus, Julie has put up with a long, and I am not talking about our kids.  I might not be easy to live with.  Julie is my life partner, ministry partner and forever friend. Happy Mother’s Day, Julie.  You are incredible.

I cannot leave this post and not tell you about my mother.  This is one of those weeks that I have missed her very much. She passed away in October of 2015, 3 and half years ago.  My family was so blessed by this incredible lady.  She was an example of faith and love.  There will never be another like Judith Lee Giles Harrison.

It really is a good weekend.  May God bless you as he has blessed my family and me.  Thank you for letting be share.

Proverbs 31:30  NASB
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
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