{"id":62816,"date":"2017-10-26T04:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=62816"},"modified":"2017-10-26T04:00:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T09:00:04","slug":"todays-inspiration-station-with-rhonnie-scheuerman-357","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/26\/todays-inspiration-station-with-rhonnie-scheuerman-357\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s Inspiration Station With Rhonnie Scheuerman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/span><\/span><\/span>Author – Gail<\/strong><\/h2>\n

My name’s always seemed dull & boring to me, like a footstep, a door slam, a hammer blow, not melodious or musical<\/strong>
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When I was growing up, my best friends had multisyllabc\u00a0 names such as Lynda and Barbara.\u00a0 Their names flowed like waterfall.\u00a0 My name just clunked.\u00a0 Gail sounded \u00a0hard, inflexible.\u00a0When I married, I made my maiden name into my middle name so old friends could still find me.\u00a0 In so doing, I abandoned my middle name, Donna, \u00a0which I suppose I could have adopted as my first name.\u00a0 After all, it had the two syllables and final a I seemed to crave.\u00a0I might have remained dissatisfied forever until a friend who knew some Hebrew pointed out that Gail derived from Abba\u00a0\u00a0 Gael (Abigail).
\nFather’s joy,) or more exactly, “Daddy’s joy”.\u00a0\u00a0 I tucked this translating into my heart for safekeeping.\u00a0 Many years later I would learn that my parents had lost a baby before birth, so they were thrilled not only by my arrival, but by my timing.\u00a0 You see Mom brought me home from the hospital and placed me in Daddy’s arms on their second anniversary.\u00a0 Little Gail was Daddy’s joy, indeed.\u00a0 So I’ve made peace with my plain name , a solid name, like faith, hope, love–and joy.<\/p>\n

Abba, Father, You know my name.\u00a0 May I always be Your Joy too – Gail<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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