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04 12 2025 Images From Marriage · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,
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  Speaker 1: because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for
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  Speaker 1: today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's
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  Speaker 1: portion of heavenly manna the word of God to keep
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  Speaker 1: us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going
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  Speaker 1: to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today
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  Speaker 1: and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Sabbath, April twelve,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: where we give you God's Word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series how to study Bible Prophecy, and our caption
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  Speaker 2: for today is Images from Marriage Images from Marriage. Before
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  Speaker 2: we get into that, I'd like to first say thank
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  Speaker 2: you and welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining
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  Speaker 2: us for the very first time. I know there are
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  Speaker 2: a number of things you could be doing this early
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  Speaker 2: on a Sabbath morning, but you are together with me
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  Speaker 2: and all the thousands and thousands of people who are watching, listening,
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  Speaker 2: and then of course those who will catch it on
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  Speaker 2: the replay. So thank you for that. And yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: want to give a great big shout out to my wife,
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  Speaker 2: simone of almost twenty four years considering this subject, and
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  Speaker 2: also to my brother and friend and of course my
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  Speaker 2: sister and friend Faith so Quest and Faith Green of
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  Speaker 2: the Greenhouse where they love, love, lifestyle and legacy. That's
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  Speaker 2: core value for them. And of course that is in
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  Speaker 2: the context of marriage. Okay, So thank God that he
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  Speaker 2: has given us a way to connect with him in
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  Speaker 2: relationship through the symbol of marriage, and of course we
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  Speaker 2: get to experience the blessing of marriage with real life humans.
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  Speaker 2: And I am just overwhelmed with thanksgiving in that regard.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father,
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  Speaker 2: we thank you for this Sabbath day. Please give us
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  Speaker 2: your vision for marriage. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen
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  Speaker 2: and a man again. And so we begin in the
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  Speaker 2: Bible Book of Revelation. Of course we're looking at symbols
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  Speaker 2: of things that have to do with prophecy and our
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  Speaker 2: actual lives, etc. And so we begin in Revelation chapter
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  Speaker 2: nineteen and verse nine. The Bible reads, Then he said
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  Speaker 2: to me, right, blessed are those who are called to
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  Speaker 2: the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said, these
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  Speaker 2: are the true sayings of God. Before I get into
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  Speaker 2: a lot of details, I'd like to read from the
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  Speaker 2: book Christ's object Lessons, page three hundred and seven, and
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  Speaker 2: it reads, it reads, the marriage represents in this particular context.
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  Speaker 2: And I need you to be clear. I struggled over
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  Speaker 2: this thing for two years back in the day. The
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  Speaker 2: marriage represents the reception of Christ of his kingdom, reception
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  Speaker 2: by Christ of his kingdom. The Holy City, the New Jerusalem,
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  Speaker 2: which is the capital and representative of the kingdom, is
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  Speaker 2: called the bride the Lamb's wife, said the Angel to John,
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  Speaker 2: come hither, I will show thee the bride the Lamb's wife.
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  Speaker 2: And he carried me away in the spirit, says the prophet,
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  Speaker 2: and showed me that great holy city, Holy Jerusalem, descending
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  Speaker 2: out of God from heaven. Sorry, my device is trying
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  Speaker 2: to wake up here out of Heaven from God Revelation
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  Speaker 2: twenty one, Versus nine and ten. Clearly, then the bride
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  Speaker 2: represents the Holy City and the virgins that go out
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  Speaker 2: to meet. The bridegroom are a symbol of God's church.
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  Speaker 2: In Revelation, the people of God are said to be guests.
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  Speaker 2: We're talking about Revelation nineteen guests at the marriage supper.
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  Speaker 2: If guests, they cannot be represented also as the bride
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  Speaker 2: and that. And let me just say there, because I
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  Speaker 2: know somebody's going to read that and get confused, like
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  Speaker 2: I was way back in the day. But that is
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  Speaker 2: in the context of Revelation chapter nineteen, in that scene.
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  Speaker 2: And so God's people are prepared through right relationship with him.
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  Speaker 2: God's people are prepared through the judgment. Yes, God's people,
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  Speaker 2: I said, the judgment. But remember there is no fear
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  Speaker 2: in love because love casts out fear, for fear has
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  Speaker 2: part of me torment. Those who are perfected in love
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  Speaker 2: come to God boldly in the day of judgment. So
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  Speaker 2: we're talking about the judgment seen in a good way,
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  Speaker 2: in a way that does not condemn God's people who
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  Speaker 2: are yielding to him. And so once God's people are
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  Speaker 2: fully prepared, once God's people are transformed, God's people are
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  Speaker 2: seen covered in Christ's righteousness, then one day, one day,
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  Speaker 2: God's people will be adjoined with his kingdom and together
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  Speaker 2: we will see a full image, a comprehensive image of
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  Speaker 2: the bride. So of course God's people are as bride,
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  Speaker 2: of course, but in this context we're seeing, we're seeing
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  Speaker 2: the city, the Holy Jerusalem, ready to receive finally one
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  Speaker 2: day the people of God, and they together in that
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  Speaker 2: grand scene, become the image of the bride. I wish
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  Speaker 2: I had the time, but that is not where we
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  Speaker 2: are completely today, okay, And so I'm thankful. I'm thankful
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  Speaker 2: that God gives us ways to apply these truths in
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  Speaker 2: every key area of our lives. Hopefully you have our
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  Speaker 2: companion guide to look at some of the ways that
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  Speaker 2: we will. And so let me now just hurry up
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  Speaker 2: and jump in to the Bible Book of Ephesians. Some
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  Speaker 2: of you were expecting this. Ephesians, Chapter five and verse
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  Speaker 2: twenty five. The Bible reads, husbands, love your wives, even
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  Speaker 2: as Christ also loved the church. Yes, and of course
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says that he gave himself. Christ gave himself
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  Speaker 2: for her. And so we see marriage as a prophetic
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  Speaker 2: symbol of divine love. I hope you're taking notes. Divine love.
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  Speaker 2: It shows sacrificial love, it shows faithful commitment, it shows
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  Speaker 2: intimate relationship and of course eternal covenant. Can I just
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  Speaker 2: be candid with you, I just like you. I came
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  Speaker 2: up in a situation growing up where the marriage was
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  Speaker 2: not a great symbol in my household. It just really wasn't.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to go drag up old terrible experiences,
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  Speaker 2: but it wasn't a good symbol in my household. And
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  Speaker 2: so I could be tempted to make up a new
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  Speaker 2: model because it was a terrible symbol in my household.
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  Speaker 2: And many of you you have tried. You have tried
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  Speaker 2: to be married in the way that God says, and
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  Speaker 2: then you decided you're going to do it some other way.
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  Speaker 2: You stepped out on your spouse, or you created some
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  Speaker 2: other new model of marriage because the way that God said,
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  Speaker 2: at least in your mind, didn't work. But God is
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  Speaker 2: saying no, no, no, no, no. You don't have to
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  Speaker 2: make up a new model. You don't have to step
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  Speaker 2: out on your spouse because it doesn't seem to work
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  Speaker 2: in your household. No, you come to me, you and
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  Speaker 2: your spouse. You both come to me and receive the
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  Speaker 2: guidance and receive the fullness of My spirit. And I
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  Speaker 2: will show you through divine love how Christ loved the
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  Speaker 2: church and gave himself, and how the Church can be
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  Speaker 2: faithful also to Christ. And that is the model for
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  Speaker 2: your marriage. I wish I had the time. Number two
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  Speaker 2: Then comes covenant relationship. In Hosea chapter two, in verse ninenineteen,
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  Speaker 2: it says, I will betroth thee unto me forever. So
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  Speaker 2: this is a covenant relationship. This is an enduring relationship.
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  Speaker 2: It does not pause or stop for better or for worse,
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  Speaker 2: in sickness and in health until death do us part.
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  Speaker 2: That's what this represents. Covenantal relationship. It demonstrates God's faithfulness,
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  Speaker 2: the permanent bond, the sacred commitment, and divine promise. Let's
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  Speaker 2: keep going. Number three, as we come to a swift close.
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  Speaker 2: In Isaiah chapter sixty two and verse five, the Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: for as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall
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  Speaker 2: thy God rejoice over thee. Here is some prophetic imagery
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  Speaker 2: of God's joy. God is rejoicing over you because He
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  Speaker 2: loves you. Yes, the perfect union, complete restoration. Because let
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  Speaker 2: me just say, quite frankly, most of us made extreme,
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  Speaker 2: terrible mistakes with how we treated our body and mistreated
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  Speaker 2: our sexual reality, our intimate spaces before we got married.
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  Speaker 2: But we also have been restored by God. Aren't you
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  Speaker 2: glad that God has restored you completely? And then comes
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  Speaker 2: ultimate celebration And so here are a couple of key lessons.
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  Speaker 2: Key lessons marriage teaches us about God's character, about his
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  Speaker 2: divine love, about the redemption plan that he has to
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  Speaker 2: make us holy, and then final restoration. I'm so glad
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  Speaker 2: that He has given us, in his word, even in prophecy,
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  Speaker 2: his image for marriage. Peace.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 1: portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,