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Tag: Norma Gail

Grumbling and Complaining

March 20, 2025 Norma Gail Home, Inspiration
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Grumbling and complaining, I asked, “Why, God? I don’t understand why I pray and pray, and nothing happens!” Grumbling and Complaining Become Habits My husband and I wanted a family. We had been married for

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Praising God in the Unthinkable

February 15, 2024 Norma Gail Christian Living, Home
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Praising God in the unthinkable, those moments in life when you cannot even breathe, seems like too much to ask. What kind of God allows events so difficult and painful that we cannot even comprehend

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Choosing Joy for the Holiday Season

November 17, 2022 Norma Gail Home, Inspiration
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Choosing joy is a gift we can give ourselves and our loved ones this holiday season. One of the most difficult things for a Christian is learning the difference between happiness and joy. Happiness is

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Cultivating a Sense of Gratitude During Seasons of Loss

November 19, 2020 Norma Gail Home
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Cultivating a sense of gratitude may come a little harder in 2020. My husband did not plan to retire this year. However, like so many other Americans, he lost his job last March due to

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Appearance vs. Heart and Examining the Works of Our Leaders

October 15, 2020 Norma Gail Home

People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7 Appearance vs. heart. How often are we turned off by facial features, body type, or mannerisms? Do we listen to

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Friends, Family, and Lessons in Forgiveness

August 20, 2020 Norma Gail Home
Friends, Family, and Lessons in Forgiveness

Friends, family, and lessons in forgiveness are topics that weigh heavily on my heart in these troubled days. A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. Proverbs 17:17 Contention

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When Trials Strike: A Lesson from Job

April 16, 2020 Norma Gail Home
Peace When Trials Strike

by Norma Gail When trials strike and events are beyond our control, peace is difficult to come by. Job, a biblical expert on life turned upside-down, is one of my favorites. However, there was a

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The Gift of Gentleness Flowing Outward

March 19, 2020 Norma Gail Home
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My father had the gift of gentleness. How well I remember the tender touch of my his hand, spreading from shoulder blade to shoulder blade. He always knew when I was struggling. The caress was

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Deep Wounds Heal Slowly

February 20, 2020 Norma Gail Home
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by Norma Gail Wounds Deep wounds heal slowly. I plunged my gloved hands into the suppurating wound and attempted to distract my patient from the pain, embarrassment, and agony of amputation. Never again would his

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