Brenda Rodgers

Category: Faith

  • Weekend Prayers and Links

    Did you know that turkeys (like the ones you eat at Thanksgiving) fly? And no, this isn’t the beginning of a joke even though now I can laugh about it, a little. Well, I didn’t know that turkeys fly until one flew into our windshield this past weekend as we headed home from Georgia. We were going full speed ahead on the interstate. If you’ve ever wanted to know what a flying turkey can do to your windshield, here’s a glimpse.

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    Praise God it wasn’t worse, we were able to get over without losing control or hitting any other cars, and we’re all okay. But boy! Nothing like a flying turkey coming at you!

    So here’s to flying turkeys and another weekend! It’s been kinda quiet with the prayer requests the past few weeks, but I’m still praying for you! Leave your request or just an “unspoken” either in the comments or on the Facebook page.

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  • Weekend Prayers and Links

    This week I shared with you this verse from Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” And did you know that I  ended up having to heavily, very heavily, fall back on remembering this truth?

    There are a few fears I have about writing for you here. One is that you’ll think I’m irrelevant because I’m not single anymore. Women who pretended to understand used to annoy me, too, and I don’t want to be one of them. The other is that you’ll think that just because I’m married my life is perfect. I used to think this too. There was no convincing me that someone’s married life was harder than mine. But the simply truth is that life doesn’t stop when you get married. It keeps being hard, and sometimes it gets harder.

    I have a few current situations that I am praying Hebrews 11:1 over – heavy situations. Hebrews 11:1 hasn’t yet become a verse of the past. So today as you continue to reflect on Hebrews 11:1, I want you to know that you will always have things you’re hoping for – always – and there will always be things not seen. The reason for this is because we’re not in heaven yet. This is not our home. And our hearts will continue to cry out in homesickness until we go home. I do know how you feel. Not as a past memory but as a present sting. I’m praying for you this weekend. Please leave your requests below or on Facebook or Twitter. Even if it’s “unspoken”, I love to know your name.

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  • Why You Should Stop Saying “If I Get Married”

    Years ago I’d get into these conversations, usually around the holidays, with family or friends, and I’d say, “Well, when I get married . . . ” then before I could finish my sentence I would pause and stutter and think, “Should I say ‘when’ or maybe I should say ‘if’, ” then I’d backtrack, “I mean if I get married.”

    I wanted to be real about the fact that I may not get married. But at the same time the word if left me feeling defeated and hopeless. The rest of the day I’d worry, “What if I don’t get married?” and a dozen scenarios would ruminate through my mind.

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  • Weekend Prayers and Links

    Okay, so how long have you gone without power in your home? This past weekend we were without power from Friday till Sunday because of a snow/ice storm! Now, I don’t even like snow. My motto is “the hotter, the better”. So when ice takes my heater, I’m not happy.

    I tried to keep reminding myself that no electricity is a first-world problem. I remember when I went on a mission trip to Africa a few years ago they shared that power and water outages for days are common during the wet season. The full-time missionaries living there would have to get up in the middle of the night to wash their clothes and do other housework. Clearly one weekend without power is nothing to complain about. Right?

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  • A Few Ways to Respond to False Teachers

    This past week I read two posts about two different pastors, famous pastors if it’s even right to put those two words together.  I don’t know if these articles are true are not. When I read stuff like this I try to take it lightly. There are always two sides to a story and in media there’s usually an ulterior motive. But at the same time I usually suspect that some of it has to be true or else someone literally just sat at their desk and made up lies.

    Anyway, the point is that when I read these posts tension moved throughout my body like it does fairly often now that I’m a part of the online world. It’s when I read something “Christian”, but the words just don’t set right with me. The word untruth and sometimes even false teacher prance across my mind.

    A Few Ways to Respond to False Teachers
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  • What if Jesus Was All that Mattered?

    I have always been very blessed with really good health. I am so grateful. But two weekends ago I had a cold. I’m not talking just an average cold; I’m talking an epic cold where my nose flowed like a river all night long. Before this epic cold I’ve never had to get up to blow my nose in the middle of the night. And don’t get me started on sleep. There was none.

    Maybe it’s because I don’t get sick often and I’m just a baby (actually I’m sure that’s what it is), but I felt like I was going to die. And while I laid there thinking about how miserable I felt and how I might possibly be the first person to die from the common cold, I realized how nothing else in the world – and I mean nothing – mattered except for getting better.

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