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I believe, above the storm, the smallest prayer will still be heard; I believe that someone in the great somewhere hears every word. - “I Believe,” sung by Frankie Laine

The story goes that a mother heard her daughter’s tale of struggles, went to the kitchen, filled three pots with water, placed each over a hot fire, and the pots boiled. In one, she placed carrots; in another, eggs; and in the last went coffee.

Later, she turned off the burners, placed carrots in a bowl, eggs in a bowl, and ladled coffee into a cup.

“Tell me what you see,” the mother asked her daughter. “Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.

Adversity Knocks
Mother had her feel the carrots, which were now soft; then peel a shell to find a firm, hard-boiled egg. The daughter sipped coffee and smiled at its rich aroma and asked, “What does it mean?”

Mother explained that each of the items had faced the boiling water. The carrot was strong, and became softened. The fragile egg was hardened by the boiling water. The coffee changed the water itself. Mother asked: “When adversity knocks, are you the carrot that wilts; the egg that becomes hardened after some trial; or the coffee bean, which rises to another level?”

Brooke Pernice would savor the “coffee” every time.

Make a Difference
Brooke’s aim is to “try and lead as many people as I can to the Lord - to inspire them to make a difference in this world.” Her entrepreneurial plan is to “sing and speak about the Lord as much as I can and wherever I can.”