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On this day, 28 years ago, I was hospitalized (about two weeks) for meningitis. My mom says she picked me up from daycare, with a fever that refused to break. After awhile, she rushed me to #CHOA where she was told that she arrived just in time. Apparently, my neck was beginning to pull back, preparing to snap, and therefore ending my life.

By Gods mercy and grace, I'm still here.

Many people wonder why I put so much trust and faith into my beliefs, this is only partially why. When your life is spared, who do you give thanks to? When your provisions are met for reasons that you can't even begin to explain, who do you give thanks to? When you're blinded by your circumstances, and you wonder when they will end, who do you pray to?

You may not believe in my God. You may not believe that his word (bible) is true. You may not believe that even through your trials, that you are still blessed beyond measure. But guess what, at least I believe in something. At least I have chosen a path. I thank God as often as I can for saving my life. I thank him saving me from myself. I thank him for giving me something to believe in.

As I get closer to my 30th bday tomorrow, I look back over everything that has happened leading up to this point. From the good and bad, I'm thankful to have experienced it. That is why I am who I am today. I love you and I pray that you are living a purpose driven life. #Cheers

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My emotions during this month never fails..... Every year for the past 13 or so years, the month of March has me feeling some kinda way. Its usually because a lot of the loss I've endured, happened in March. My feels have been crazy this past two weeks for various reasons but after reading my old posts, I've come to realize that this month has always been rough. Its always been emotionally draining even when I'm not consciously thinking about the pain and heartache that has happened. Once again, this year has continued the pattern. I am however proud to say that no matter how rough it has been, I always pull through. No matter how much I have lost, I've gained something greater in return. No matter how down I may feel now, I'm sure that tomorrow, will bring me one step closer to Gods promise for me and my life. This is why I live.

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SheBrews

Im always trying to find different ways to incorporate my name into my "brand". Something that others will be able to identify me as. I chose "SheBrews" for various reasons. "She", because I am she. She, is me. For those of you on my Facebook friends list, you know that my name is Bran Brew. Brew, which has various meaning, but as it relates to me, Brew just so happens to be the second half of my last name. Finally, Hebrews, a book in the bible. To be more specific, Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen".

This blog will document my faith journey. I will share my thoughts, feelings, and dreams.

This is MyStory.

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Children. I desire them. Of course I want the full package deal. God fearing husband, as many kids that I'm able to bear, nice sized house with iron fence, and a couple of dogs to make it complete. That is what I want for my life here on earth.

But children...... Children, in my opinion, appear to be God's way of teaching us vital lessons in our lives. One of those lessons being patience. I thought my patience was as strong as it could be, that is until I started living with my family and their two kids. Lol I love being around them as it makes me happy to see them growing before my eyes. I see their personality changes, and body changes almost daily. The simplest accomplishments have me so excited, as if they were my own. Like I said, I desire them. Children, I mean.

But patience. Lol I still have a ways to go. Through all of my blessings these past 82 days, the most important ones have to do with my own personal growth. Realizing that I'm not as strong emotionally as I thought I was. I'm not as patient and forgiving as I want to be. I rarely ever forget the things that bother me, but I hardly remember the things that mean the most. That means I'm taking advantage of my relationships with my loved ones. For that, I apologize.

Back to patience.... I have a tendency to react before I'm supposed to. I tend to jump the gun and in return, do things that affect me and maybe others. Not only did I mess myself up, but I doubted my faith. I allowed my fear to dictate the outcome of my situation instead of letting God move. He's told me time and time again to, wait. Through various forms of confirmation, I was told to wait. I did the opposite and messed up.

My point is, patience, is like unconditional love. You either have it or you don't. You either trust God completely, or you don't. I'm blessed because I realize the error of my ways. I'm happy because not only did I doubt God, but I have complete faith that he will and has forgiven me. In the end, that's all that matters.

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The Clock That Keeps On Ticking

There comes a time in a persons life when they experience pain, humiliation, loss, and disappointment. We tend to allow these interruptions to hold us back and possibly keep us from moving forward.I remember a pastor speaking on this a while ago. He talked about how, in the midst of a storm, the power can go out. Usually when the power comes back on, the time on the clocks are usually off by a few hours. The storm represents our situation, the clock is our life. Just because we have disruptions in our daily living, it does not mean that our life is over. We tend to hold on to our situations or the past and all it does is slow us down. Once we decide to let these things go....

Blessed and Highly Favored (Repost from Sept 2009)

These past few weeks have really shown me WHO God is and how much he loves me. Time and time again, HE has shown favor towards myself, my family, and those who surround me.


As some of you know, this past week, my state was hit with a rainstorm that claimed 6 lives in our county alone. The night of the storm, I was due back to work as an independent contractor with a newspaper company whose print site is in Atlanta. That night, I chose to sleep late because of the rain. As my mother and I got in the car to leave for work, my mom pointed out to me that we forgot to put the lock on our storage unit. This caught us both off guard because we NEVER forget to lock our storage unit and we hadn't been there in about 24 hours. After we drove to the storage and locked our unit, we once again, made our way to the print site. Before we could get to the 2ND traffic light, we noticed the barricades in the streets prohibiting us from going any further. With this new discovery, I decided to drive my usual route to get to my job. Low and behold, another barricade. My mother decided to pull out her police scanner and see what was going on. We pulled into our driveway and listened to the police and dispatchers talk about the various rescue missions that they were on. We heard about the roads falling apart because of the heavy water rushing through, people were in the woods screaming for help, and the cops used ropes to try and save a few of the stranded people as well. As we sat in the driveway keeping an eye on our yard (my dog was in his kennel), and our neighbors yard which was flooding quickly, my mom and I decided to just sit there and pray. All we could do was trust that HE would work things out for us. As the morning sun began to rise, my mom and I set out to meet with my boss, and look at the damage from the night before. There were abandoned vehicles in the streets, roads and bridges washed away, many power outages, and flooded restaurants/stores. It was then that we realized just how serious the rain storm was the night before.


The next morning, we discovered that the road that I normally take to get to work was the cause of one of the 6 deaths in Douglas County. It was 2:30 am. While I was getting ready to leave for work, another lady by the name of Emeteria Lowe, had been called in to work at the retirement home due to the flooding. Mrs. Lowe was traveling down Stewarts Mill Rd when her vehicle was washed off the road due to the excessive amount of water.

Had I not decided to sleep late,
Had the lock to our storage unit Not been in the car,
Had it not been for the barricades keeping me confined,
I would have lost my life that night.

Because of God's favor, I encountered many delays that kept me from driving down that road. Because of HIS favor, I am still here. Still Standing. Forever Faithful.