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Mon, 26 May 2008 22:13:00 EST News en-us Copyright 2008, Allbritton Communications Company http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/fallout_.html Mon, 26 May 2008 22:13:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/1054/fallout_.html http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/closing_a_chapter.html Thu, 22 May 2008 17:29:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/1043/closing_a_chapter.html http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/sweet_mother_s_experiences.html Wed, 14 May 2008 21:48:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/1009/sweet_mother_s_experiences.html http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/it_s_a_process.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:42:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/883/it_s_a_process.html http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/cutting_the_roof_off_.html Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:09:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/869/cutting_the_roof_off_.html http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/god_s_voice.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:28:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/797/god_s_voice.html http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/springing_forth_.html Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:25:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/651/springing_forth_.html http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/good_samaritans.html Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:07:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/657/good_samaritans.html God Bless!]]> http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/the_tough_stuff_.html Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:13:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/543/the_tough_stuff_.html Before I glue on my eyelashes... I look to see if there are any sprouts of lashes coming through. I'm amazed each day when I inspect the top of my eye lid. There is one lone eyelash that is so long and firmly grounded in the skin. I wondered what made this one single eyelash stick it out when all it's other comrades jumped ship. It took the tough stuff (chemo) and hung in there anyway. Why weren't the other lashes as tough as this stubborn one? I came to the conclusion that single eyelash was still there, because God intended for it to be there to remind me to hang in there too! It made me think about people who stick out the tough times... Rick and Sherri Burgess recently lost their 2 year old son. They are carrying on for God and in honor of their sweet son. When I interviewed Rick this week. He was more determined than ever to do God's will, to work for the Kingdom of God. He's hanging in there... because he says God has called him to help save others... to share the gospel. He admits he alone couldn't carry on the way he does... He says God has held him up to be able to witness to others through his grief. To see Rick and listen to him, I could feel God's awesome power. The video of Rick witnessing at Bronners memorial service is among the most watched in the entire world. Rick says he heard from thousands who's lives have been changed. And many of Rick's sisters and brothers have risen up to offer support and love to this wonderful family. God is holding the Burgess family firmly in his arms. Another man who has hung in there through the ages is Emil Lang. He's 105 years old. He's still walking, talking and getting out of his house to go to church! I know through the years he's endured heartaches, deaths of loved ones and tough times. But he hasn't given up. He has kept going and kept worshipping God through good times and bad. In fact when I asked him about his secret to longevity he chuckled and said my church. He says Shades Mountain Baptist is the reason he's lived this long. He's rarely missed a Sunday in decades. I just imagined how the church members must have supported him through tough times over the years. I imagined the meals that must have shown up on his doorstep during family illnesses as those meals appeared at my front door during my cancer battles. It's God's love shining through the church to a wonderful man with a twinkle in his eye and a smile on his face despite the fact he must an aches and pains. With a cane he quite nicely moves along the corridors of the church and reminds me that no matter how tough things get, and even when it defies what's humanly possible, we can hang in there with God's help.]]> http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/the_long_and_short_of_it_.html Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:18:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/489/the_long_and_short_of_it_.html http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/boy_mom_s.html Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:32:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/444/boy_mom_s.html http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/thanks_for_a_great_run_.html Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:55:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/422/thanks_for_a_great_run_.html http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/brenda_s_conquor_cancer_run_is_on_.html Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:16:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/413/brenda_s_conquor_cancer_run_is_on_.html http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/inspirational_.html Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:12:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/399/inspirational_.html http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/heavy_heart.html Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:05:00 EST http://www.abc3340.com/blogs/brenda/392/heavy_heart.html