<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580</id><updated>2012-02-16T03:04:58.772-06:00</updated><category term='holiday stress'/><category term='healing'/><category term='cancer'/><category term='addiction'/><category term='acceptance'/><category term='health crisis'/><category term='financial resources'/><category term='God'/><category term='encouragement'/><category term='death'/><category term='loss'/><category term='transformation'/><category term='incest'/><category term='grief'/><category term='drug addict'/><category term='mental health'/><category term='abandonment issues'/><category term='aging'/><category term='chronic illness'/><category term='forgiveness'/><category term='depression'/><category term='faith'/><category term='elderly care'/><category term='freedom'/><category term='multiple sclerosis'/><category term='empowerment'/><category term='daddy'/><category term='expert on grief and loss'/><category term='alcohol'/><category term='tragedy'/><category term='mental helath'/><category term='church'/><category term='lupus'/><category term='strength'/><category term='National Tragedy'/><category term='family'/><category term='answered prayers'/><category term='men and their emotions'/><category term='anger'/><category term='codependency'/><category term='love'/><category term='crack cocaine'/><category term='life crisis'/><category term='miracles'/><title type='text'>God's Transforming Stories!</title><subtitle type='html'>God's Transforming Stories are the next chapters in the Bible. We are modern day epistles, the only Bible some people will ever read. By sharing how God transformed our life's story, we give Him all the Glory and draw man's attention to Him as our Deliverer, our Healer, and our Sustainer until our positive change comes!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>28</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-2624285643333814519</id><published>2012-01-25T18:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T18:30:45.318-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grief'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strength'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tragedy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='empowerment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='answered prayers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transformation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><title type='text'>What A Difference A Decade Makes!</title><content type='html'>This month 10 years ago my life changed dramatically! I lost my husband and eldest daughter in a car accident and my only surviving daughter, Miriam, was left with second and third degree burns. She was miraculously healed of her burn scars and&amp;nbsp;I now live with a daily reminder of God's Grace and Mercy&amp;nbsp;towards me! It has been a long journey towards recovery from grief and depression but &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;TO GOD BE THE GLORY for transforming my story!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm writing this to encourage you to believe and have FAITH that God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all we even know to think to ask of Him! He has healed my damaged emotions, kept me in my right mind and allowed me to be a stay at home Mom with my daughter. I have experienced multiple blessings over the years, too many to share in one post. I do share a few of them in&amp;nbsp;my book, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My #1 Is Still My #1!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, which is my inspirational story of triumph over tragedy. This book offers hope to the hopeless, strength to the weak and a "how to" blueprint on moving through grief and loss. You can order it&amp;nbsp;from my website at &lt;a href="http://www.bernicebrightdickey.com/"&gt;http://www.bernicebrightdickey.com/&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In celebration of the ten year anniversary God has allowed me several speaking engagements during the month of February. I will be speaking at several venues about&amp;nbsp;how I overcame&amp;nbsp;grief and loss and I invite you to come out and support me if you are in the Houston area. I will be posting them weekly on all social media platforms. Thank you in advance for your support now and down through the years!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-2624285643333814519?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2624285643333814519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-difference-decade-makes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/2624285643333814519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/2624285643333814519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-difference-decade-makes.html' title='What A Difference A Decade Makes!'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-3264951765389593657</id><published>2011-12-22T11:43:00.014-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T11:50:45.776-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holiday stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grief'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><title type='text'>Tried and True Tips for making it through the holidays without loved ones</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;As part of my ministry to the bereaved and broken hearted I will be sharing tried and true tips for getting through the holiday season without your loved ones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;Tip #1 for making it through the holidays if you are still grieving over the loss of a loved one by death or divorce. Be intentional about making plans for the holidays. They will sneak up on you before you know it and everyone will think that someone else has invited you over for the holidays and you will end up home ALONE! &lt;br /&gt;Let others know that you have made NO PLANS this year! Intentionally pla&lt;span class="text_exposed_hide"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="text_exposed_show"&gt;n to do things differently than you would have with the loved one so that your past happy family memories won't weigh you down mentally and emotionally during the holidays. Create new holiday traditions with the family you still have and if remembering loved ones gone is comforting to you then by all means talk about them! Take away tip: Intentionally plan for how you will spend this holiday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;Tip #2 for making it through the holidays without your loved one. Create a 9-1-1 list of family and friends you can call when the going gets tough with overwhelming thoughts and memories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don't want to "catch up" anybody new to your testimony. These are people who already know your story and can pick up where you are emotionally by just hearing you breathe on the phone! They know you, they kn&lt;span class="text_exposed_hide"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="text_exposed_show"&gt;ow what going it alone means to you this year and they are willing to be there for you at the drop of a hat. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your 911 list is your emergency contact list when panic sets in, when grief overtakes you, when loneliness in the midst of company resonates with you - these are the people who understand what you are going through without you having to explain. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Compile that name list, keep it handy, and on speed dial and let them know who else is on that list so that they can keep up with what is happening to and with you. You want your 911 list to know and talk to each other, they will pray for you, intercede for you and cover each other as they all stand by you on this grief journey.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;&lt;span class="text_exposed_show"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;&lt;span class="text_exposed_show"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Tip #3 for making it through the holidays without a loved one. The last tip I will share for this series is forgive youself! Yes, FORGIVE YOURSELF for not wanting to participate in the holiday ra-ra-ra. Everyone else around you is going full speed ahead with the hustle and bustle of the holiday traditions of shopping, parties, tree trimming and the like and you just ain't feeling it, right? So what! Allow yourself to experience your true emotions and don't fake the funk. You're not there this year and those who know you realize that this is a difficult time for you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everywhere you turn you are reminded that your family has changed and so will your memories of the holidays going forward. It takes time to digest just how far reaching your loss is for you and your family and you need to be gentle with yourself. The world has not stopped to recognize that all of us aren't celebrating and we need not "hate on them" for not remembering that, LOL. If you have followed me and my first two tips, now is the time to implement them along with this final tip to help you make it through this holiday season. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have Christmas AND New Year's to get through still, be on the lookout for the same emotions to come up next week as we turn the calendar on a new year. Same emotions, different day, same principles need to be applied! Let me know how you are doing this holiday season by posting your comments below, thanks!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-3264951765389593657?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/3264951765389593657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/12/tried-and-true-tips-for-making-it.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/3264951765389593657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/3264951765389593657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/12/tried-and-true-tips-for-making-it.html' title='Tried and True Tips for making it through the holidays without loved ones'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-8453332951148551476</id><published>2011-11-30T14:38:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T14:38:37.332-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strength'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tragedy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='empowerment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holiday stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transformation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><title type='text'>The Ten Life Principles I learned from my own Journey through Grief</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;As I travel sharing my personal story of Triumph over Tragedy, these are &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;The Ten Life Principles I learned from my own Journey through Grief &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;that I&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;teach to others who want a 1-2-3 blueprint on how to walk out of their emotional pain. &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;1.&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Make sure God is #1 in your life before you experience a crisis.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;It’s harder to prioritize a relationship with Christ/God during a crisis, because you are mad with the One (God) that allowed the crisis to come into your life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;2.&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Make sure you have a strong support system (a 911 list) to call for help.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Take the time now to nurture relationships that will sustain you in your crisis. These people will become your go to people when the going gets tough.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;3.&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Make sure your inner circle is filled with positive people.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Positive people will speak life and not death into your circumstances. They will help you to see the bright side or the rainbow in the situation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;4.&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Make sure you cultivate an attitude of gratitude!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Meditate, discuss and focus on what you still have left, instead of what was lost or who is no longer here.&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;5.&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Make sure you schedule alone time for yourself.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;You need time alone to give yourself time, permission and space to grieve.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;You need to process your thoughts, emotions, and develop your plan of action for what you will do next after your crisis is over. Praying is continuous at this stage for wisdom and direction.&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;6.&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Make sure you watch your mouth!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Watch what you say out loud about your situation. You are creating the future of how the crisis will be resolved with your own words. Life and death comes from your speech.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;7.&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Make sure you appoint a gatekeeper.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Ask someone you trust to be in charge of your domestic cares to manage the traffic of guests, calls, visitors, food, etc. to relieve you of that task.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;8.&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Make sure you set a goal for yourself of learning something from this crisis.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Catch yourself before your thoughts and conversations make you bitter. Make a goal to become &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;BETTER&lt;/b&gt;, not bitter! What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;9.&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Make sure you confess your stress!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Be honest with yourself about &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;how you really feel&lt;/i&gt; about what you are going through. Tell it to Jesus – alone – He is the &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;ONLY ONE&lt;/b&gt; who can handle your honesty and will keep your secrets.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;10.&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Make sure you find the treasure in your trial!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;After you identify the treasure in your trial, this will become your motivation to press through the difficulties, pain, and heartaches you will endure. This treasure will give you courage to &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;COME&lt;/b&gt; through instead of just going through your crisis. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;We all know people who have never been the same after they experienced heart break and pain because of life. We usually refer to them as Auntie So-n-so or Uncle So-n-so who have never been the same since such-n-such happened! Right? I didn’t want to become part of that statistic, I knew I was drunk with grief but I was sober enough to NOT want that to be the end of my story. So, I summoned up the courage to find something worth living for and I found it in the Word of God! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;I was left behind for a reason, my time was not up, I still had work to do on earth, I could do it on my own, and my God destiny did not include those who had passed on, jobs that were gone, people who were no longer a part of my circle, etc. etc. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;I had everything I needed to make it through this grief journey deposited in me and all I needed to do was pull it up out of me! I wasn’t hopeless, helpless, or a victim anymore – I was a Victor! I chose to triumph over my tragedy; my tragedy didn’t have the power to define me! I shook myself loose from the depression and despair that hung on me like a sweater and dropped it on the floor. I decided to pick up the garment of praise and dance my way out of my tragedy! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Every negative thought was countered with a faith confession! I spoke the Word over myself and the Word began to define me, not my tragedy! I was freed and liberated by the spoken Word of God over my circumstances! I broke the cycle of grief and loss with the Word of God and The Holy Spirit coaching me through! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;My message of hope and inspiration to others is, &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;“You can overcome your grief and loss, too, if you want to!”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; God is no respecter of persons, what He has done for me is offered to you! Accept the work of His Son, Jesus, who has already won this fight – it’s fixed, you win! You win! Get up from the floor and fight back this depression, you already won this fixed fight! Jesus paid it all on the cross and by His stripes we are healed!&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Bernice’s riveting story is featured in her first book &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;My #1 Is Still My #1!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; In her book she shares about losing half her family twice in two separate auto accidents. She also guides faith-based groups and families coping with profound loss to persevere and believe the unlimited possibilities, even in the face of unimaginable and tragic loss.&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;To learn more about Bernice Dickey visit http://www.BerniceBrightDickey.com and like her fan page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Author.Bernice.Dickey.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-8453332951148551476?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8453332951148551476/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/11/ten-life-principles-i-learned-from-my.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/8453332951148551476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/8453332951148551476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/11/ten-life-principles-i-learned-from-my.html' title='The Ten Life Principles I learned from my own Journey through Grief'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-5467962088208010130</id><published>2011-11-16T20:42:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T20:43:47.036-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial resources'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strength'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='empowerment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holiday stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='answered prayers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>ONE BLESSING!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;For some of you the harvest that you are shouting about is nothing compared to the future harvest that you are going to get. But because you are currently faithful over little, get ready for much because much is coming your way. The Bible says that He would "Pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it" (Malachi 3:10). You don't need 50 blessings, you just need ONE BLESSING!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;&lt;span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"&gt;God said that He would bring so much out of that ONE BLESSING that it would overflow out over the edges of your life because you won't have room to contain it! &lt;span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"&gt;I declare that the ministry of My #1 will be laser focused to accomplish that which God has ordained it to do in the lives of His people. Amen!&lt;span class="translatedBody"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="translatedBody"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-5467962088208010130?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5467962088208010130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/11/one-blessing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/5467962088208010130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/5467962088208010130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/11/one-blessing.html' title='ONE BLESSING!'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-8231209251518165441</id><published>2011-10-26T16:12:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-26T16:43:48.569-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='empowerment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='answered prayers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strength'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transformation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><title type='text'>Spiritual Revelation Through Conference Attendance</title><content type='html'>I just came off of two weeks straight of conference attendance and all I can say is that I am in AWE of God! Intensified, concentrated time with God should be a part of every believer's life. If you can do it with and along with others of like mind, it is incredible! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I attended the Kingdom Builder's Prayer Insitiute's Prayer Conference first and I experienced a spiritual shift&amp;nbsp;that I didn't recognize was happening until after it happened. Has that ever happened to you? You didn't realize you were changed until AFTER it happened! I felt like the words to the song, "I looked at my hands and they looked new, I looked at my feet and they did too!" Be on the look out for nuggets of wisdom I will share from the Prayer&amp;nbsp;Conference as I chew the cud on the revelations I received at that conference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second conference I attended was Woman Thou Art Loosed 2011 and this year God allowed me to volunteer behind the scenes and&amp;nbsp;experiencing it from that&amp;nbsp;perspective was eye opening! God allowed me to walk around and bless people who I saw needed a kind word and&amp;nbsp;become a listening ear&amp;nbsp;to those who needed&amp;nbsp;to process all that had happened to them in that meeting. Many who attended stated it was their first time at&amp;nbsp;a WTAL Conference and they could hardly stand it because the anointing was&amp;nbsp;very heavy due to the Glory of God in the place!&amp;nbsp;We could hardly speak because of&amp;nbsp;the power&amp;nbsp;of His presence and when we could do so, we could only grunt and shake our heads in awe!&amp;nbsp;WOW, God, WOW! That's all I can say for now. That life changing experience will be one for the record books, I am sure of it! I am still shaking my head at it all as I await the DVDs to view what I missed and I was there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you Lord, for both of these "Kairos" experiences! I know they are preparations for the next level in my life and I am working out the revelations privately by fasting and praying before sharing them publicly!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-8231209251518165441?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8231209251518165441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/10/revelation-through-conference.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/8231209251518165441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/8231209251518165441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/10/revelation-through-conference.html' title='Spiritual Revelation Through Conference Attendance'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-9115927724912930773</id><published>2011-10-03T21:00:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T22:31:48.732-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tragedy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='empowerment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='answered prayers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miracles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='men and their emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>My Latest Road Trip!</title><content type='html'>&lt;pre style="background: white; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;I have been pondering how to share what I experienced this weekend on my road trip and so far, this is the best that I can come up with: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;What really counts? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Money?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Insignificant!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;What really matters?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;A high number of book sales? I thought so!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;What really counts then?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;What has God given me? That's what I am responsible for.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;What really matters then?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;A saving Knowledge of Jesus Christ!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;As usual when I have a book signing, I set a goal of how many books I want to sell and this time was no different. With my goal in mind and my events planned out, I was sure to hit it this weekend, right? Right!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;On the drive down, God&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;and I talked and I heard some things that I didn’t pay attention to before and knew this trip would be different, I just didn’t know how different! From the start I had a feeling this would be a breakthrough weekend for my hometown; I just didn’t know what to expect.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;God showed up and out through the crowds that were just large enough for Him to walk among us and touch and heal hearts and minds that have been damaged by so much loss. The emotional healing that was available through our instant transparency with each other fostered this miracle. They were able to witness first hand my triumph after tragedy because I was there in the flesh and not just a story they read somewhere in the papers. Miriam was there, my family confirmed my testimony and shared their pain about my story and the healing began to flow! My hometown finally had someone who could identify with their multiple losses and who could attest to the faithfulness of God to keep you in the midst of multiple storms. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;That very anointing of God’s Spirit lead to my invite to the Troy Davis Memorial service where God used me again to refocus the audience on His Sovereignty in the midst of that tragedy. Sunday morning found us in the same spiritual vein when Pastor Webster preached from Philippians 3:8 where Paul counted everything he had accomplished before Christ as dog doo-doo compared to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ! WOW!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Three times the same message was confirmed to me that my assignment which God has given to me is &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;not to sell a lot of books at book signings&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, but to make sure that all within my hearing know the saving Knowledge of Jesus Christ! My story aids me in this responsibility because it helps to bring the point home of the difference God made in my life, but the whole gist of it all is to bring everyone’s thoughts inward to themselves to make sure they are ready and prepared to meet their God and Maker when their time comes!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;WOW! What a burden lifter that was for me! Every time I come back from a book signing one of the first questions I am asked is, &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;“How many books did you sell?” &lt;/i&gt;My success was rated by how many books I sold and I thought so to until this weekend! I always had these anointed experiences where God used me to usher healing to my attendees but I never got to share that part because after I gave them a number they would say, &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;“Oh well, better luck next time, you will sell more books or make your quota eventually!”&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;I didn’t understand why those statements rubbed me the wrong way. &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;I knew that the ministry of My #1 was successful&lt;/b&gt; just not by the terms they used. There has not been one time that I have ministered that the people were not healed and made whole. Everyone reports that either the book or listening to me share my testimony has delivered them from their spirit of heaviness and grief.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I give them a new perspective, God’s perspective, of the big picture that’s going on that they play a minor role in. It begins the renewing of their mind and leads them to where they can follow up and read on their own. The same God, who did it for me, will do the same for them, if they seek Him! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;I give them inspiration to hope again, to believe that their best is STILL yet to come in spite of the multiple losses they may have suffered and THAT to me IS A SUCCESSFUL BOOK SIGNING!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;So from this point on, I will measure my success by the number of lives changed rather than books sold and I want you all to ask me for that number instead! BTW, that number was in the hundreds this weekend, I didn’t get to do an actual head count! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Now to answer the original question posed of what really counts? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Count your blessings, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Name them one by one! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Count your blessings,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;See what the Lord has done!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Count your blessings, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Name them one by one! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Count your many blessings,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;See what God has done!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Where will you go when all is lost?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;Who will you turn to?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;We are all important, to Him; we are all of value to Him!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Make your decision now before the storms come and when it does you will know where to run to for safety! I am blessed to be your blessing, Love Bernice &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-9115927724912930773?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.bernicebrightdickey.com' title='My Latest Road Trip!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/9115927724912930773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-latest-road-trip.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/9115927724912930773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/9115927724912930773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-latest-road-trip.html' title='My Latest Road Trip!'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-5767184136429290709</id><published>2011-09-05T16:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-05T16:10:20.762-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='empowerment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miracles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial resources'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='answered prayers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strength'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><title type='text'>Labor Day Weekend Road Trip</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;The question was posed, "Did this trip meet my expectations for sales?" The &lt;br /&gt;simple answer is 'no', I expected to sell 100 books and only sold 1. Yes (1) book, LOL! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I still consider the road trip a success because of the safety and protection God &lt;br /&gt;gave Miriam and I during the weekend in the middle of Tropical Storm Lee with two bald &lt;br /&gt;tires.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I saw God show Himself strong on my behalf throughout the whole trip and was reminded &lt;br /&gt;that even in the midst of a storm HE hides me! It rained in bands off and on the entire &lt;br /&gt;weekend and I showed up for all of my scheduled events but the people didn't because of &lt;br /&gt;the storm. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was encouraged by the twelve souls that weathered the storm and joined church on Sunday &lt;br /&gt;in the midst of the storm! Yes, you read that right, 12 people joined church on a dreary &lt;br /&gt;rain soaked day at a church that meets in a tent! Those of us who braved the storm had a &lt;br /&gt;wonderful praise that turned into worship service and God's presence filled that tent!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The church has met in a tent for 6 years ever since Hurricane Katrina and you can't tell &lt;br /&gt;by the enthusiasm of the members during service that they realize they are in a tent! We &lt;br /&gt;danced in the aisles and rejoiced in the tent that was our ark in the storm! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was simply marvelous to behold and a reminder of the resiliency that I come from as a &lt;br /&gt;NOLA native. I was comforted by the presence of God even in the midst of the storm and it &lt;br /&gt;made me adjust my expectations of what a successful road trip meant. I wanted sales but &lt;br /&gt;GOD showed me souls! Ain't that what it's really all about? TGBTG for transforming this &lt;br /&gt;story for me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm encouraged b/c all was rescheduled for next month and I'm expecting, I'm awaiting, &lt;br /&gt;anticipating, my deliverance ~ My change is on the way!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-5767184136429290709?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://facebook.com/Author.Bernice.Dickey' title='Labor Day Weekend Road Trip'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5767184136429290709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/09/labor-day-weekend-road-trip.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/5767184136429290709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/5767184136429290709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/09/labor-day-weekend-road-trip.html' title='Labor Day Weekend Road Trip'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-4923801158135454738</id><published>2011-06-21T10:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-21T10:02:52.283-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strength'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='empowerment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miracles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='answered prayers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='men and their emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chronic illness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><title type='text'>Get Up And Walk!</title><content type='html'>Are you tired? Are you broken? Are you sick? Is your life just like a roller coaster that you just want off of? It's Time to get UP and Walk!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join me and my guest, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://juliestaiger.com/"&gt;Jewels Staiger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;who knows what it's like to be so broken that getting out of bed is a chore.She knows what it's like to be so sick that you don't know if you are going to live and you are scared. She knows what it's like to just about lose all hope,&amp;nbsp;when suddenly, something so amazing happens, that it takes a moment for you&amp;nbsp;to realize that you've just experienced a genuine miracle!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tune in as Jewels shares her story of how Jesus took her hand in His and enabled her &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Get-Up-Walk-Jewels-Staiger/dp/0982624247/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1305107969&amp;amp;sr=1-4"&gt;To Get UP and Walk!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-4923801158135454738?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/4923801158135454738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/06/get-up-and-walk.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/4923801158135454738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/4923801158135454738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/06/get-up-and-walk.html' title='Get Up And Walk!'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-4148633784289961268</id><published>2011-06-06T13:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-06T13:14:22.363-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='empowerment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='men and their emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transformation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>The Boaz Factor...When you are Ready for the Right One!</title><content type='html'>Looking for love? Hoped you would be a June bride by now? For women currently in a relationship, knowing who Boaz is will save your heart from putting in more time into something that will NOT materialize.You will be encouraged by my guest, &lt;span _mce_style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://elderbrendabradley.com/"&gt;Brenda Bradley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s book &lt;span _mce_style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982624220/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_alp_4z75nb1RS556G"&gt;The Boaz Factor...When you are Ready for the Right One!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, which has been compared to Steve Harvey's &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_320097889"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span _mce_style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Act-Like-Lady-Think-Relationships/dp/0061728977"&gt;".&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During our interview, Brenda shares what are the signs of a Boaz man and why you can't turn your man into a Boaz! Tune in to listen as she&amp;nbsp;makes the subject matter so simple that even a baby can understand it! When you are ready for the right one check this interview out!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-4148633784289961268?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/4148633784289961268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/06/boaz-factorwhen-you-are-ready-for-right.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/4148633784289961268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/4148633784289961268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/06/boaz-factorwhen-you-are-ready-for-right.html' title='The Boaz Factor...When you are Ready for the Right One!'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-5401539532397033218</id><published>2011-05-24T09:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-24T09:06:52.969-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial resources'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grief'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tragedy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alcohol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='answered prayers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anger'/><title type='text'>You Never Get Over The Loss of a Child! Part 2</title><content type='html'>Join me as I talk to &lt;a $included="null" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joyce-AdejumoAuthor-Joyce-E-Adejumo/105836252778933" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #4e7805;"&gt;Joyce Adejumo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;about how her life changed after her ex husband drove drunk and crashed causing severe injury to their only child, &lt;a $included="null" href="http://www.mitchie.com/catalog/articles.php?tPath=47" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #4e7805;"&gt;Mitchie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Joyce shares how she&amp;nbsp;used her own personal experience with drunk driving to motivate her to get several laws changed on behalf of victims here in Texas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have ever been affected by a drunk driver you don’t want to miss part two of this very inspiring interview!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-5401539532397033218?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5401539532397033218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/05/you-never-get-over-loss-of-child-part-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/5401539532397033218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/5401539532397033218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/05/you-never-get-over-loss-of-child-part-2.html' title='You Never Get Over The Loss of a Child! Part 2'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-5859991045626700110</id><published>2011-05-09T15:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-09T15:46:39.778-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='incest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tragedy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chronic illness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><title type='text'>You Never Get Over The Loss of a Child!</title><content type='html'>Join me as I talk to &lt;a $included="null" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joyce-AdejumoAuthor-Joyce-E-Adejumo/105836252778933" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #4e7805;"&gt;Joyce Adejumo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;about how her life changed after her ex husband drove drunk and crashed causing severe injury to their only child, &lt;a $included="null" href="http://www.mitchie.com/catalog/articles.php?tPath=47" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #4e7805;"&gt;Mitchie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Joyce shares how she cared for Mitchie with a smile on her face for 18 years. If you have been affected by a drunk driver you don’t want to miss this one!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-5859991045626700110?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5859991045626700110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/05/you-never-get-over-loss-of-child.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/5859991045626700110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/5859991045626700110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/05/you-never-get-over-loss-of-child.html' title='You Never Get Over The Loss of a Child!'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-6558600696825275112</id><published>2011-04-18T09:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T09:56:43.843-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strength'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='empowerment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='answered prayers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='men and their emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transformation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>The Bigger Picture!</title><content type='html'>My guest, &lt;a $included="null" href="http://kent-whitaker.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #4e7805;"&gt;Kent Whitaker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, has experienced the deepest depth of lows and the highest height of highs in the span of the last eight years. He was a victim of a home invasion that killed half his family and later found out that the mastermind behind it was his own son!. In his book, Murder By Family, he shares his journey through grief and loss, forgiveness of and love for his eldest son. Listen in on our conversation as I talk with Kent, he can really relate to my own story of triumph over tragedy because he is living that same transforming story!&lt;br /&gt;Listen to Part 2 of my interview with Kent Whitaker and his new wife Tanya and their ministry &lt;a $included="null" href="http://www.biggerpicturemin.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #4e7805;"&gt;Bigger Picture Ministries!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-6558600696825275112?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/6558600696825275112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/04/bigger-picture.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/6558600696825275112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/6558600696825275112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/04/bigger-picture.html' title='The Bigger Picture!'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-759659762574745950</id><published>2011-04-04T16:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T16:47:19.346-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grief'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tragedy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='men and their emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><title type='text'>Forgiveness is a Choice!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id="latest-show-content"&gt;My guest, &lt;a $included="null" href="http://www.everythingoprah.com/2009/02/kent-whitaker-appeared-on-todays-oprah-winfrey-show-to-share-his-tragic-story-kent-and-his-wife-tricia-were-living-in-sugar.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #4e7805;"&gt;Kent Whitaker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, has experienced the deepest depth of lows and the highest height of highs in the span of the last eight years. He was a victim of a home invasion that killed half his family and later found out that the mastermind behind it was his own son!. In his book, &lt;a $included="null" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416578137?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=chrscofbre-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1416578137" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #4e7805;"&gt;Murder By Family&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, he shares his journey through grief and loss, forgiveness of and love for his eldest son. Listen in on our conversation as I talk with &lt;a $included="null" href="http://kent-whitaker.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #4e7805;"&gt;Kent,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; he can really relate to my own story of triumph over tragedy because he is living that same transforming story!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-759659762574745950?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/' title='Forgiveness is a Choice!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/759659762574745950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/04/forgiveness-is-choice.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/759659762574745950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/759659762574745950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/04/forgiveness-is-choice.html' title='Forgiveness is a Choice!'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-1106368941352702207</id><published>2011-03-21T08:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-21T08:24:45.551-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strength'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='empowerment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abandonment issues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='men and their emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transformation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>The Road to Divorce Recovery</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Are you divorced? Has it been years since your divorce but you still have bitterness in your heart as a result of it? Today's guest, Nina Wilson Jones, of &lt;a href="http://www.thenewdirectionscenter.com/"&gt;The New Directions Center&lt;/a&gt; will&amp;nbsp;share her&amp;nbsp;story and how she began her own journey to spiritual wholeness after divorce. If you want to know why she still carries her ex-husband's last name (Jones) tune in to this week's show to find out!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-1106368941352702207?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1106368941352702207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/03/road-to-divorce-recovery.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/1106368941352702207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/1106368941352702207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/03/road-to-divorce-recovery.html' title='The Road to Divorce Recovery'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-5160312339283517683</id><published>2011-03-07T07:51:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-03-07T07:51:10.172-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grief'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strength'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tragedy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='empowerment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transformation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><title type='text'>CHARACTER is Who You Are When No One Is Looking!</title><content type='html'>Please join me and my guest, &lt;a href="http://www.sherronwatkins.com/sherronwatkins/Welcome_to_SherronWatkins.com.html"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sherron Watkins&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;/a&gt; as she shares that her character was forged long before she became known as the &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,194927,00.html"&gt;Enron Whistle-blower&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. I was always curious to know how her faith shaped her decision to be the lone voice crying out in the wilderness that "the emperor had on no clothes". Her response was that she innocently thought that the boss man, Ken Lay,&amp;nbsp;would want to know the truth about his company.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-5160312339283517683?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5160312339283517683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/03/character-is-who-you-are-when-no-one-is.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/5160312339283517683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/5160312339283517683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/03/character-is-who-you-are-when-no-one-is.html' title='CHARACTER is Who You Are When No One Is Looking!'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-6067037498450683254</id><published>2011-01-17T17:21:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T17:21:59.920-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grief'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='National Tragedy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tragedy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>A Christian Response to a National Tragedy</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Each week on my show, I share portions of my own transforming story of Triumph over Tragedy and invite my guests to tell their stories to encourage you, my listeners, to believe that you are not alone when you face tragic experiences. Today’s show will be different in light of the violent tragedy we experienced as a nation less than ten days ago in Tuscan, AZ. I purposely held back one week from responding to this tragedy because I didn’t want my response to get lost in the multitude of articles and sound bites regarding our national response to this tragedy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I also wanted to see if there would be a definitive Christian response to this tragedy besides praying for the victim’s families. Prayer works, I don’t deny its power, but after the funerals&amp;nbsp;on last week, the families are asking themselves, ‘Now what?’ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-6067037498450683254?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/6067037498450683254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/01/christian-response-to-national-tragedy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/6067037498450683254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/6067037498450683254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/01/christian-response-to-national-tragedy.html' title='A Christian Response to a National Tragedy'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-1174661012340504025</id><published>2011-01-03T13:14:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-03T13:14:00.142-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grief'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holiday stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>Are You Emotionally Ready to Move Forward into 2011?</title><content type='html'>This &lt;span _mce_style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/Health/Health-Support/Illness-and-Recovery/Healing-The-Holiday-Blues.aspx"&gt;holiday season&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has been very challenging for me for several reasons. In this interview,&amp;nbsp;I share with transparency and authenticity how I have struggled through my own emotional triggers this month and how I decided to move foward (again) in spite of them. &lt;span _mce_style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://drcarolynmiller.com/news/index.php?id=2"&gt;Dr. Carolyn Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, who is also a personal friend, and I talked about the recent&amp;nbsp;deaths of loved ones in my family, along with Miriam making 10 years old and how&amp;nbsp;I underestimated their impact on me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I share candidly and openly with&amp;nbsp;the listening audience,&amp;nbsp;the process I worked through to gain insight about my &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://depression.about.com/od/griefcomfort/a/holidaygrief.htm"&gt;emotional issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and how I arrived at the decision to go back into therapy for a season to help me reconcile them.&amp;nbsp;I had to&amp;nbsp;recognize&amp;nbsp;there was a problem&amp;nbsp;before I could confront it. I pray that if you identify with me in this interview that you follow my example and get the help you need to move forward emotionally in 2011!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-1174661012340504025?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/' title='Are You Emotionally Ready to Move Forward into 2011?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1174661012340504025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/01/are-you-emotionally-ready-to-move.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/1174661012340504025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/1174661012340504025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2011/01/are-you-emotionally-ready-to-move.html' title='Are You Emotionally Ready to Move Forward into 2011?'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-7225398764578398552</id><published>2010-12-27T08:16:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-12-27T08:16:54.770-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='empowerment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grief'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>How To Bounce Back From Setbacks!</title><content type='html'>This past weekend I facilitated a city-wide Handling Grief and Loss during the Holidays Seminar that was open and free to the public. The experience was awesome because everyone was bereaved that attended this seminar &lt;strong&gt;and they all received a breakthrough&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;and healing in their grief journeys.&lt;/strong&gt; I was so overwhelmed by the positive comments and feedback that I received from the attendees that I invited a few of them from that seminar as guests on the show today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their comments and posts on the FB Fan page for ‘My #1 Is Still My #1!’ inspired the idea for me to have them on the show as guests so that you all can hear them testify from their own mouths of the emotional healing ministry that the book, “My #1 Is Still My #1!” has made in their lives. I wanted them to share the breakthroughs they received as a result of participating in my grief and loss seminar. I believe there is an unseen, all powerful source in the person of GOD who will walk you through your crisis if you submit to the process. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To God Be The Glory for empowering these attendees to break out from the spirit of heaviness they were living with!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-7225398764578398552?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/' title='How To Bounce Back From Setbacks!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/7225398764578398552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-to-bounce-back-from-setbacks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/7225398764578398552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/7225398764578398552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-to-bounce-back-from-setbacks.html' title='How To Bounce Back From Setbacks!'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-1714265030854139574</id><published>2010-12-20T11:19:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-12-20T11:19:15.436-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='incest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='answered prayers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daddy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abandonment issues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drug addict'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='addiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anger'/><title type='text'>My Daddy, The Devil and Me, Part 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Last week's show was not long enough for my guest to share her entire story so I invited her back to share the rest!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Author Debra A. Davis' own true harrowing story will turn everything you think you know about incest upside down. How can someone you trust and adore brainwash you and turn you into something you are not? Debra Davis thought she was Daddy’s little girl—but, at age 15, Daddy’s little girl became Daddy’s lover and slave. Led by her father into a violent life of crime, she became a prostitute, drug addict, victim of physical abuse, and prison inmate. She nearly murdered her father one night… but she never stopped loving him.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is anything but an ordinary autobiography. Join me and my guest Debra Davis as she shares why she kept a dark and dirty secret for 21 years—and then, at last, she broke free. You’ve never&amp;nbsp;heard anything like this before!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-1714265030854139574?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/' title='My Daddy, The Devil and Me, Part 2'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1714265030854139574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-daddy-devil-and-me-part-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/1714265030854139574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/1714265030854139574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-daddy-devil-and-me-part-2.html' title='My Daddy, The Devil and Me, Part 2'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-6181502838854200936</id><published>2010-12-13T11:46:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-12-13T11:46:04.684-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='incest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drug addict'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='addiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strength'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='answered prayers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abandonment issues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daddy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transformation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anger'/><title type='text'>My Daddy, The Devil and Me</title><content type='html'>Author Debra A. Davis' own true harrowing story will turn everything you think you know about incest upside down. How can someone you trust and adore brainwash you and turn you into something you are not? Debra Davis thought she was Daddy’s little girl—but, at age 15, Daddy’s little girl became Daddy’s lover and slave. Led by her father into a violent life of crime, she became a prostitute, drug addict, victim of physical abuse, and prison inmate. She nearly murdered her father one night… but she never stopped loving him. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is anything but an ordinary autobiography. Join me and my guest Debra Davis as she shares why she kept a dark and dirty secret for 21 years—and then, at last, she broke free. You’ve never&amp;nbsp;heard anything like this before!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-6181502838854200936?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/6181502838854200936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-daddy-devil-and-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/6181502838854200936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/6181502838854200936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-daddy-devil-and-me.html' title='My Daddy, The Devil and Me'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-4706520048493824810</id><published>2010-12-06T11:04:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-12-06T11:04:24.374-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alcohol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drug addict'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><title type='text'>From a Zero to a Hero</title><content type='html'>Has it seemed like one bad thing after another is happening in your life? Has the recent turn of events caused you to think that God is trying to tell you something? Join me and my guest, Mike Adams, as he shares how God turned his life around so much so that he was selected as Man of the Year at his church after living as a street hustler for many years. God truly transformed his story for His Glory!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-4706520048493824810?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/' title='From a Zero to a Hero'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/4706520048493824810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/from-zero-to-hero.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/4706520048493824810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/4706520048493824810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/from-zero-to-hero.html' title='From a Zero to a Hero'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-9089870091475368589</id><published>2010-11-29T06:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-11-29T06:53:18.660-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miracles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='answered prayers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><title type='text'>Learning to Believe God for Healing</title><content type='html'>Have you ever wondered how people who were miraculously healed developed the faith to believe God for it? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Today's guest, Patricia Hughes, will share her step by step faith walk and how she went from not knowing how to pray for herself to receiving a physical healing in her body that was verified by medical doctors after she learned how to speak life over herself and the healing power of prayer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-9089870091475368589?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/' title='Learning to Believe God for Healing'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/9089870091475368589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/learning-to-believe-god-for-healing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/9089870091475368589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/9089870091475368589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/learning-to-believe-god-for-healing.html' title='Learning to Believe God for Healing'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-4870067958416732399</id><published>2010-11-22T06:00:00.007-06:00</published><updated>2010-11-27T17:26:26.284-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holiday stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drug addict'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='addiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='men and their emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anger'/><title type='text'>The Silent Scream of ANGER!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Have you ever looked at your spouse and asked, 'What is wrong with you?' You know that what they are struggling with has nothing to do with you, but you&amp;nbsp;still don't understand their problem.&amp;nbsp;Certain holidays trigger emotional turmoil for them and when you inquire they can't explain it themselves.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Today's guest, Howard Eaves, shares some insight on the "Silent Scream" he struggled with for years&amp;nbsp;before he&amp;nbsp;overcame the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.angermgmt.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;anger&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;he had for&amp;nbsp;his mom&amp;nbsp;after she became a &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.addict-help.com/drugaddiction.asp"&gt;drug addict&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; when he was&amp;nbsp;6 years old. His reaction to&amp;nbsp;her &lt;a href="http://www.drugabuse.gov/Infofacts/understand.html"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;addiction&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;was to intentionally numb his emotions and not feel anything for&amp;nbsp;her&amp;nbsp;for 36 years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Listen in as Howard shares the journey God took him on to reconnect with his childhood emotional pain&amp;nbsp;to finally&amp;nbsp;learn&amp;nbsp;how to honor his mother!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-4870067958416732399?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/' title='The Silent Scream of ANGER!'/><link rel='enclosure' type='' href='http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/4870067958416732399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/silent-scream-of-anger.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/4870067958416732399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/4870067958416732399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/silent-scream-of-anger.html' title='The Silent Scream of ANGER!'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-793287059079794901</id><published>2010-11-10T10:20:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-11-18T17:04:39.816-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='addiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='multiple sclerosis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crack cocaine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><title type='text'>Living with a MS diagnosis and other life challenges</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span id="goog_820851373"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="goog_820851374"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Would a diagnosis of &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nationalmssociety.org/index.aspx"&gt;Multiple Sclerosis&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;in your family drive you to seek God for wisdom and direction on how to cope with this health challenge? If not, what would it take for you to seek after God when a crisis hits your family?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join me and my guest, Katharyn Gray, as she shares&amp;nbsp;how and when she&amp;nbsp;recognized that intellect was her god and how dealing with her son's &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.crackreality.com/default.htm"&gt;crack cocaine addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;not her husband's earlier diagnosis with MS, became the catalyst for her to seek after God! Her attempts to rescue her son from addiction was beyond her abilities and she finally had to admit she couldn't do it in her strength. She needed someone stronger than herself with more power (God) who could actually save her son from himself.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-793287059079794901?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/' title='Living with a MS diagnosis and other life challenges'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/793287059079794901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/living-with-ms-diagnosis-and-other-life.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/793287059079794901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/793287059079794901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/living-with-ms-diagnosis-and-other-life.html' title='Living with a MS diagnosis and other life challenges'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-2748457070570389395</id><published>2010-11-08T11:11:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-11-08T11:17:29.890-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='answered prayers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lupus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grief'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strength'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transformation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chronic illness'/><title type='text'>Never Give Up on God, because He never gives up on us!</title><content type='html'>Have you ever wanted to give up on God? Have you grown weary waiting on God to answer your prayers? If you have had to deal with a chronic illness like &lt;a $included="null" href="http://www.lupus.org/newsite/index.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','www.lupus.org']);" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #4e7805;"&gt;Lupus &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and felt that you were all alone in your struggles, join me as I talk with Terri Williams as she shares her story with me. Terri allowed God to use her success in dealing with the health crisis experienced as a result of Lupus to inspire others who are struggling with the disease. Be encouraged by how God has transformed her living with Lupus for His Glory!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-2748457070570389395?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/' title='Never Give Up on God, because He never gives up on us!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2748457070570389395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/never-give-up-on-god-because-he-never.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/2748457070570389395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/2748457070570389395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/never-give-up-on-god-because-he-never.html' title='Never Give Up on God, because He never gives up on us!'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-7786538673988197793</id><published>2010-11-01T09:35:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-01T09:51:46.430-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='codependency'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental helath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abandonment issues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grief'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expert on grief and loss'/><title type='text'>From Victim to Victor</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Have you always felt that the only person you could count on was yourself? You couldn't depend on anybody because nobody else was there for you when you were younger, right? As a result, you learned at an early age how to depend on you and your skill set to get what you needed and wanted out of life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join me as my guest Alana Hill shares how God transformed her story from being a victim of her mother's substance abuse to being a victor over her chilhood abandonment issues. Check out this link for more information on this show's topic at &lt;a href="http://www.nmha.org/go/codependency"&gt;http://www.nmha.org/go/codependency&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span id="goog_85303760"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="goog_85303761"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-7786538673988197793?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/' title='From Victim to Victor'/><link rel='enclosure' type='' href='http://www.nmha.org/go/codependency' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/7786538673988197793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/from-victim-to-victor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/7786538673988197793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/7786538673988197793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/from-victim-to-victor.html' title='From Victim to Victor'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-8307997013666376759</id><published>2010-10-25T13:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-10-25T13:13:56.549-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial resources'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elderly care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cancer'/><title type='text'>Mom's Diagnosis of Cancer</title><content type='html'>Join&amp;nbsp;me as&amp;nbsp;I talk with Leisa Wilkins-Smith as she shares how God transformed her story for His Glory!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leisa shares how the&amp;nbsp;medical expenses related to&amp;nbsp;the cancer diagnosis of her mother and her own family finances were provided for by God while she took care of the physical needs of her mom during her health challenge. As a result of her experience with her mother, Leisa has a wealth of information to share with others who need information on where to turn to for help with medical costs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leisa shares how her faith walk matured with God into a deeper trust in Him for all of her needs, especially after her family received grants and other financial support from The Houston Area on Aging and American Cancer Society. Tune in at &lt;a href="http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/"&gt;http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for more details and be inspired by how God came through for them!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-8307997013666376759?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://webtalkradio.net/shows/gods-transforming-stories/' title='Mom&apos;s Diagnosis of Cancer'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8307997013666376759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/10/moms-diagnosis-of-cancer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/8307997013666376759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/8307997013666376759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/10/moms-diagnosis-of-cancer.html' title='Mom&apos;s Diagnosis of Cancer'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720862155099748580.post-1728666532840103890</id><published>2010-10-20T16:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-10-20T16:58:56.984-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome!</title><content type='html'>Welcome to the inauguration of God's Transforming Stories! This blog is dedicated to you, as I share inspirational stories of how everyday people are triumphing over their tragedies, offering hope that &lt;em&gt;you can and will &lt;/em&gt;overcome your own life’s challenges as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My own riveting story about losing half&amp;nbsp;my family twice in two separate auto accidents forms the basis for&amp;nbsp;me to help those coping with profound loss to persevere and to believe in unlimited possibilities, even in the face of unimaginable and tragic loss.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2720862155099748580-1728666532840103890?l=godstransformingstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1728666532840103890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/10/welcome.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/1728666532840103890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2720862155099748580/posts/default/1728666532840103890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://godstransformingstories.blogspot.com/2010/10/welcome.html' title='Welcome!'/><author><name>Bernice Bright Dickey</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
