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Norma L. Brumbaugh

Inspirational Writer, Author, and Speaker

PO Box 6432, Chico, CA 95927
nlbrumbaugh@gmail.com

Keep a smile in your heart.

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7 Devotionals for the Discouraged and Brokenhearted

This series is for the hurting and disillusioned. It contains practical spiritual insights for dealing with pain, loss, and suffering and addresses areas that trip us up.  We’ve been hurt in the deep places that are difficult to address and embarrassing to talk about. These thoughts offer hope for the Christian who is wounded and suffering. 

I wrote each devotional with the intent to help others in the crush of circumstances, those people buried in the grip of emotional pain. If you have not been hurt in such a way, you can not fully appreciate or understand how crushing and devastating are the wounds of rejection from someone you dearly love. Loss, in general, is a host for all kinds of inner torment and pain. It is for such wounds that these devotionals are offered.

STEPPING STONES DEVOTIONAL 1 – A Hope and a Promise
STEPPING STONES DEVOTIONAL 2 – Looking in the Mirror
STEPPING STONES DEVOTIONAL 3 – A Healing Time
STEPPING STONES DEVOTIONAL 4 – A New You
STEPPING STONES DEVOTIONAL 5 – Beauty from Ashes
STEPPING STONES DEVOTIONAL 6 – Regaining Spiritual Health
STEPPING STONES DEVOTIONAL 7 – The End Result Matters

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Dear Silent Friend

Dear Silent Friend,

If we could speak, I would tell you of God’s amazing grace, His great love and abundance that flow out of His Spirit. What a wonderful blessing.

I would tell you about my grandchildren and the joy they bring to me, my writing and the way it has taught me, the new friendships through online venues–ones God has placed me in according to His wishes and designs.

I would tell you of my fears and joys–and ask you about yours. I would want to know how you’ve been, what are your challenges and hurts, your happy times and joys?

I would ask you, where are you at with God right now? What is He teaching you, showing you, revealing to you, and doing in and through you?

I would want to affirm you and encourage you–help you–if there is any way I can. It would bless me to be on this side of new beginnings.

My dear, silent friend, it is a special day.  A time to be thankful for the greatest lover of all time–the Lover of our souls. His love, so precious, surpasses all other loves.

Go with God,

Norma