Michael Harrison's e-devotion

Thirty year, and it doesn’t seem that long ago.  I remember where we were 30 years ago.  Julie and I had just arrived in Panama City Beach, Florida for our honeymoon.  It was a great week! Our wedding was one for the books.  I cried through the entire day, well as least most of it.  Those were good tears.  We enjoyed time with family and have so many memories of that weekend as well as the last 30 years. We have been together a lot longer than we have been apart.  We have learned so much about life and love and about relationships.  We have shared ministry and relationships with others.  Plus there are three incredible children that God placed in our lives.  Now, add to that two awesome grandchildren that belong to us. Blessed … that is a great word but an understatement.  Yesterday Julie and I celebrated 30 years of marriage, and the commitment we have made to each other is that there will be many more years and memories. Proverbs ...

  Proverbs 18:22  NASB He who finds a wife finds a good thing And obtains favor from the Lord. Twenty seven years ago today.  That was the day we said “I do” and made our commitment to each other.  There have been a lot of changes since then.  We have gone through, gotten through and been blessed many times through it all. I am grateful for Julie and the life God has given us.   It was in December of 1992 that I believe God began to open my life to prepare me for marriage.  I had met Julie the month before when I began to pastor my first church in Georgia.  In early January we began dating.  We actually got engaged in February and were married the following September.   Some have said we are that family with the perfect kids, the best marriage and the home with the white picket fence.  That could not be further from the truth.  We have had our struggles in so many areas.  We still struggle.  We have dealt with sicknes...