Michael Harrison's e-devotion

  This week I am sharing with you some of my favorite scriptures.  Each has become a “measuring stick” to help guide my decisions and help me seek the Lord.  Remember that there are opportunities all around for you and me.  How will we face those, with or without God’s help?  Will we seek what God wants for us?  I challenge each of us to let God lead, to choose what builds you and those around you. Read this one.  Take it in.  Study it.  Meditate on it or chew on it.  Ask yourself: what is God is saying to me in these verses?  James 1:2-5  NLT   Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. 3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. 5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give i...

  This week we have looked at the impact of our 5 senses.  God gave us each to help us enjoy life and to see Him.  The 5 senses are sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.  Today we will finish up with the sense of smell. Let me cut to the chase… what are your favorite smells?  Oh this question ought to conjure up lots of different ideas, opinions and even memories.  Let’s go there. For me: fresh baked bread (like my aunt Shelly used to make), homemade chocolate cake (that our friend Libby and later my mom would make), fresh baked chocolate cookies or brownies, krispy kreme donuts, homemade tortillas on a clay stone in Honduras, honey suckle in spring, fresh roses, room freshly cleaned, clothes off the clothes line, the air after rain, the ocean and salt water spray, mom’s favorite perfume…  As you can tell I like food.  But there are so many more. How about what are your favorite smells? Now, what are God’s favorite smells?  That is a tough on...