by Colleen Harrison | Dec 26, 2012 | abstinence, Recovery, Twelve Steps
And out of small things proceedeth that which is great. (Doctrine and Covenants 64:33) For most people, the one sure way to quickly become abstinent and then to consistently continue in abstinence is to start with a humble, simple abstinence. We must view our...
by Colleen Harrison | Dec 24, 2012 | Christ, Led by Spirit, Personal Revelation
During my years of recovery through the Atonement of Christ, I have awakened to the amazing truth that I can have a Christmas morning as many mornings out of the year as I chose. He’s there waiting for me every time I am willing to look to Him for counsel, for...
by Colleen Harrison | Dec 21, 2012 | Christ, Personal Revelation
I love Christmas for a lot of reasons, and one of them is that I get the chance to attend a Messiah sing-in…or is it a “sing along”? Whichever, it’s so glorious to stand up and sing the “Halleluiah Chorus” at the top of my lungs and have my very “littlest angel” voice...
by Colleen Harrison | Dec 19, 2012 | Christ
As the Christmas season arrives again, I am reminded of the Christmas story most of us have heard of the simple‑minded young man who was cast in a school play in the part of the inn‑keeper. (Click to read.) Everyone thought that it was the perfect part for him,...
by Colleen Harrison | Dec 17, 2012 | Christ, Led by Spirit, Personal Revelation
As I go through a day looking to Jesus to live, I find myself miraculously doing right, doing well. The miraculous part is that I’m not striving or trying to do right—or even to avoid “not-right” behavior. It’s happening automatically as I...
