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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://cs.roanoke.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Brooke: Letting go, letting God</title><link>http://cs.roanoke.com/forums/524.aspx</link><description>At 20, Brooke Smith had the life she wanted: beauty, boyfriends, a blossoming career styling hair and a bruising hobby as a star on her women's roller derby team. By 21, she'd been diagnosed with a rare, incurable form of cancer: alveolar soft part sarcoma. Her doctors told her it may not take its final toll for 10 to 15 years. Share your thoughts on this story here.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Helen Keller</title><link>http://cs.roanoke.com/forums/thread/3197.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:06:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1f1ce28d-5f18-47cc-836f-2ee800f33223:3197</guid><dc:creator>justme2010</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://cs.roanoke.com/forums/thread/3197.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cs.roanoke.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=524&amp;PostID=3197</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;The sad story reminds me of Keller&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Three Days to See&amp;quot;, how we should embrace every minute of your time and to treasure our faculty (what we have already) !&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>What a Great God we Have!</title><link>http://cs.roanoke.com/forums/thread/402.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:55:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1f1ce28d-5f18-47cc-836f-2ee800f33223:402</guid><dc:creator>sweetpealuv</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://cs.roanoke.com/forums/thread/402.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cs.roanoke.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=524&amp;PostID=402</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I know alot of times, we simply say, &amp;quot;Ask Jesus, and He&amp;#39;ll heal you&amp;quot;.&amp;nbsp; But isn&amp;#39;t that why He took the 39 stripes of beating?&amp;nbsp; I have been told that all sicknesses and diseases fall under &lt;strong&gt;39&lt;/strong&gt; categories.&amp;nbsp; There is also the trap of falling into guilt if we don&amp;#39;t see&amp;nbsp;healing happen immediately.&amp;nbsp; Our family has seen sickness, some healed here, and some not.&amp;nbsp; We believe God can, but do we believe God will?&amp;nbsp; It&amp;#39;s alot easier said than done, but come what may, let&amp;#39;s keep worshipping Christ, and He is able to do the rest.&amp;nbsp; But Brooke&amp;#39;s attitude of&amp;nbsp;totally worshipping God, no matter what is happening in&amp;nbsp;her body, is one of total commitment to Jesus.&amp;nbsp; We have learned in situations in our family, that God will carry us through, as we continue to praise Him.&amp;nbsp; God&amp;#39;s blessings upon you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Brooke: Letting go, letting God</title><link>http://cs.roanoke.com/forums/thread/390.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:25:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1f1ce28d-5f18-47cc-836f-2ee800f33223:390</guid><dc:creator>meg martin</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://cs.roanoke.com/forums/thread/390.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cs.roanoke.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=524&amp;PostID=390</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;At 20, Brooke Smith had the life she wanted: beauty, boyfriends, a blossoming career styling hair and a bruising hobby as a star on her women&amp;#39;s roller derby team. [&lt;a target="_blank" title="Brooke Smith: Letting go, letting God" href="http://www.roanoke.com/wb/185721"&gt;See the story, videos, photos and more here&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By 21, she&amp;#39;d been diagnosed with a rare, incurable form of cancer: alveolar soft part sarcoma. Her doctors told her it may not take its final toll for 10 to 15 years. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Share your thoughts on this story here.&lt;/p&gt;
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