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		<title>An Old Man in a Music Video Once Said&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kassidy Everard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon I was listening to music on YouTube for the first time in a while. I usually have my music on my phone, that way I can listen to it on the go. I didn&#8217;t realize how much I missed watching videos on YouTube until I stumbled across Craig Morgan&#8217;s &#8220;This Ain&#8217;t Nothing&#8221; music video. I remember listening to this song when I was younger when it came on the radio. I don&#8217;t even think I liked it when I was that young, because I didn&#8217;t put the deeper meaning with it. In fact, I didn&#8217;t truly put the deeper meaning in it until last year, the most recent time I heard it before today. I feel like Craig Morgan has a lot going for him. He is a respectable person, he is a talented musician, and he manages to stay away from the drama of what seems to be the life of being famous. Not only that, but he is also a pretty good-looking man. With that being said, I think we can all agree than I&#8217;ve made you wait long enough to see what old man I am talking about. In the music video, Craig sings about a reporter who interviews an elderly man after a twister passes through Birmingham where he lives. The twister destroyed his home and everything in it. The reporter asks the man: Tell the folks please mister, what are you gonna do, now that this twister has taken all that&#8217;s dear to you? But the reporter got an answer that he never expected&#8230; The old man just smiled and said, Boy let me tell you something, this ain&#8217;t nothing&#8230; This old man, you know, seems pretty tough. He didn&#8217;t cry like the audience would have thought. He didn&#8217;t ignore the question like some would have thought. He just answered honestly, in his purest form. Most of us would cry, knowing that we just lost everything we have ever worked for. Knowing that every single penny we put into building a foundation is now gone. But some people always decide to see the good in every single situation that is horrific. The old man explains why he thinks that the twister that hit his house is nothing. He said: I lost my daddy, when I was eight years old, That cave-in at the Kincaid mine left a big old hole, And I lost my baby brother, my best friend and my left hand In a no win situation in a place called Vietnam And last year I watched my loving wife, of fifty years waste away and die And I held her hand til her heart of gold stopped pumping, So this ain&#8217;t nothing. This old man lost just about everything he had. His wife, his brother, his dad, his left hand, and his best friend. Little do we realize that when we lose even one person in our life we think that it is the end of the world. Losing anyone, no matter what way, has a toll on our minds forever. This old man stuck through everything and kept going. Even the hardest things to deal with didn&#8217;t keep him from living his life even if there wasn&#8217;t much of it left to live or wasn&#8217;t anyone else to live for. But why would you need someone to live for? Why did living for yourself and your own benefit become almost unrealistic? Toward the end of the song is when I started to tear up. Not because I realized what was said in the beginning of the song, but because I realized how much truth was in the words that this man was saying. This man was on his own because everyone he had in his life had died. As did his wife, just the year before. When he looked down on the ground, He reached down in the rubble and picked up a photograph Wiped the dirt off of it with the hand that he still had He put it to his lips and said man she was something But this ain&#8217;t nothing This man, he knew. He knew what it was like to want for something that he couldn&#8217;t have. He knew how it was to have a love that money couldn&#8217;t buy. This man saw the difference between something that truly mattered and something that really didn&#8217;t. The old man&#8217;s last words in the song are what truly got to me. He said, This ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; time won&#8217;t erase And this ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; money can&#8217;t replace Money. We all think money is what runs the world. As that is true, there are many things that money cannot buy &#8211; here are a few&#8230; 1. Love 2. Happiness 3. Respect 4. Trust 5. Value 6. Memories 7. Life So that should leave you with the thought, &#8220;Well, what can money buy?&#8221; Money can buy almost everything that isn&#8217;t a necessary tool for healthy relationships or a healthy life. This man knows what the genuine value of something is. He knows that it will just take money to bring back his house, but that no amount of money in the world will bring back his wife or his brother or his father and his best friend. Money never brought this man happiness. And little by little his happiness was taken away from him throughout life. Not by things money could buy, but by things it couldn&#8217;t. It is sad to believe that we rely on money to control any part of our happiness. How about we try to think like this man for a day in our lives. Oh, what difference it would make! &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>He Is Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 09:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Brennan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the incredible response from our &#8220;Love, Loss and Forgiveness&#8221; WIRL yesterday, I thought it would be fitting to share the sermon given from Forest Hill Pastor, David Chadwick, on the day of the Eddings family tragedy. His words came straight from the heart and ring so true. When I attended the church service last Sunday, David reiterated many of the same powerful words and it was very powerful to me, so I thought I would share it with the WIRL Project audience as well. If this is not your cup of tea and you typically aren&#8217;t open to religious conversations or discussions, I get it; I am not usually one of those people either, but this time I would highly recommend you open your mind and heart and listen to (at least parts) of his sermon that I&#8217;ve provided below. There are some really great segments of the speech I would highly suggest listening to, so I&#8217;ve listed them below the video for you to skip to if you do not have time to listen to the whole 37 minute clip. I&#8217;m sure the Eddings family feel the support and prayers you are all sending up for them. Thank you for showing your support for this family on WIRL Project yesterday and today. xo *At the end of his sermon David lead a prayer for baby Reed, the 38 week newborn delivered via C-section on the day of the accident, who had not yet passed, so please understand why this is being talked about in this way. Unfortunately and very sadly, both boys were lost in this terrible accident. 1:15 &#8211; The Tragic Story 5:00 &#8211; Why? Why do bad things happen? 11:28 &#8211; Why? Why would a good God allow for 2 year old child to die in a hideous automobile accident? 13:00 &#8211; No parent should bury a child. 15:51 &#8211; No person living in the glory of Heaven would ever come back to the brokenness of this world. 17:30 &#8211; Grief is spelled L.O.S.S., the greater the loss the greater the grief &#8211; Grieve with hope. 20:00 &#8211; Our Response 21:40 &#8211; Be ready to meet your maker. 22:15 &#8211; Why? We all will meet our maker. 23:40 &#8211; Is this going to happen to me? Fight Fear. 24:15 &#8211; God is not the author of evil. I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts on this sermon and if it was as powerful to you as it was to me. Share what you&#8217;re thinking in the comment box below.]]></description>
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		<title>Love, Loss and Forgiveness</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Brennan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love and loss, highs and lows, ups and downs. All of these are part of life, but its often hard to understand why. As I&#8217;ve mentioned in a few of my previous WIRLs, my family and I have recently joined our YMCA community and on Sundays, a church called Forest Hill houses some of their services in the facility. Last week I attended a group exercise class after the holiday weekend and at the end, the instructor mentioned a terrible tragedy that was rallying support from both the Y and the church community. The Ballantyne campus Pastor, Gentry Eddings, and his family had been involved in a terrible car accident on their way home from his sister&#8217;s wedding. His son, Dobbs, 2, was killed, and his 38 week pregnant wife, Hadley, was injured and forced to have an emergency C-section. The newborn, Reed, suffered from a brain bleed and eventually died shortly after his birth. I can&#8217;t even imagine how hard it must be for this family to breathe right now. I attended the church service at Forest Hill for the first time this past weekend and found myself very emotional and confused. I kept asking myself, Why? Why is such a faith-driven family being dealt these cards? Why should anyone have to go through this? And I kept wondering how I would feel if I were in their shoes and I think this is especially why I am so emotional about it. I also have an almost-2 year old son and I can&#8217;t imagine my life without him. Putting myself in their shoes made me hurt for them, respect them, and realize how strong they must be, especially because they&#8217;ve already publicly stated that they forgive the truck driver whose mistake took the life of both of their sons. I am not sure I would be able to be so strong. Putting myself in their shoes made me hurt for them, respect them, and realize how strong they must be, especially because they&#8217;ve already publicly stated that they forgive the truck driver whose mistake took the life of both of their sons. I am not sure I would be able to be so strong. I wanted to share this story on WIRL Project because I think it&#8217;s important to realize just how precious life really is. Our faith, whether it&#8217;s religious or not, is tested in times of hardship, not during the good times. Our true colors show when we&#8217;re tested in ways we&#8217;ve never been tested before. The Eddings family is showing us who they really are by being so forgiving and strong as they greave. Please keep the Eddings family in your thoughts and prayers. You never really know what loss feels like until you face it, but support from others is what usually keeps you going during these tough times. As you go about your day and life, keep this story in mind and know that life is precious; make sure the people who are important to you know how you feel. To read the full story and keep up with updates, visit the link listed below from the Charlotte Observer. *Image source: Charlotte Observer &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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