William Bronner Burgess

Several posts ago, I made mention of 'Rick and Bubba'. They are a Birmingham morning radio show who are now syndicated all over the south, east coast, and some of the mid-west. I have been 'in the loop' for several years now. Bubba & his wife 'The Lovely Betty Lou' have had two children during my years of listening. Rick and Sherry have had three. 'Speedy', the program director has married and had two added to his family. When you listen to these folks every morning, they become like family. I have laughed and cried, empathized and argued with them. I have enjoyed the way that these people lift up the name of Jesus in their humor and human-ness. The last child born to this show is the angelic looking child in the picture. Rick and Sherry's youngest, who is anything but angelic! There's too much Rick in he and his brothers to be angel children, but they sure do give us a lot to laugh about each morning.

For the first time, Bronner (or 'Cornbread' as his dad calls him), gave us something to grieve over. Saturday, January 18th, Bronner got away from his mom and brothers and drowned in the family pool. Rick was preaching in Pigeon Forge, TN to thousands of teenagers when he got the call. Amazingly, in such a grievous time, the Burgess family has responded in the best way possible. They praise God for Bronner's life. What the evil one has meant for destruction, our Lord has turned to a great victory. God tends to do that, you know. Since Monday morning, Bubba & Speedy have been spending the 6 - 10 hours lifting up the name of Jesus and encouraging the 'army' to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ! This morning, they played the speach that Rick gave at Bronner's memorial service. How mighty it is to see and hear the Word of the Lord! You might not know this, but these guys are on secular radio stations! Yesterday, Bubba spoke to the hosts of the morning show Fox and Friends on the Fox News Channel. He preached the Gospel to them!

Because of this beautiful child, the Good News is being proclaimed on the radio, the TV, and the internet. Rick mentioned yesterday that Jesus is looking at Bronner right now and telling him, "Well done, Bronner!" How beautiful is that?! Talk about beauty for ashes! Just in the response of the folks on the show alone, God had stolen the victory from the evil one. But now... That victory is one that won't stop! It continues with each telling of Bronner's story. How's that for an eternal reward?!?! If you want to learn more about this, check out the website http://www.rickandbubba.com/ . Join the Rick and Bubba army and pray for the families of Rick, Sherry and all the crew.