The Seven Longest Yards with Chris and Emily Norton
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
4.9 • 850 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Life changed for Chris Norton in an instant, going from a talented college football player to a quadriplegic with a 3 percent chance of ever moving or feeling anything below his neck.
But, with determination and hard work, Chris proved his doctors wrong four years later by walking across the stage to receive his college diploma.
Emily Norton knew from a young age that she was called to help struggling children through mentorship and possibly even foster care. What she could not anticipate was the journey she was about to start as she helped Chris work through his physical challenges and goals while facing her own battle with anxiety and depression.
Don’t miss today’s episode of Pardon the Mess as Emily and Chris candidly share the ups and downs of their journey, including the road to adopting five beautiful girls and fostering seventeen children—and counting.
Chris and Emily encourage us to cling to the Lord in the hard places of life and to work hard and defy our seemingly impossible situations. Their words can’t help but remind us of the promise that in all things God works for his good for those who love him and have been called according to his purposes (Romans 8:28).
Chris and Emily are remarkable and can’t help but encourage you to find joy and courage in the hard places, trusting the Lord as he refines us for his glory.
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| 0:00.0 | We're so glad that you've tuned in to pardon the mess. |
| 0:07.4 | We're parents just like you, doing our best to raise kids who will love and follow Christ. |
| 0:12.7 | We hope you will join us and our guests each week for honest conversations about the good, |
| 0:17.4 | bad, and ugly of raising kids. |
| 0:19.6 | There's no perfect parents, just a perfect God who stands ready to pardon our mess |
| 0:24.0 | and guide us on the most challenging yet rewarding journey, parenting. |
| 0:28.7 | Hey, guys, Cynthia Yanoff. |
| 0:30.4 | I'm glad you're here today on Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:32.3 | We've got some fun people to talk today. |
| 0:34.3 | It's Chris and Emily Norton. |
| 0:37.0 | Chris suffered a spinal cord injury while playing |
| 0:39.9 | in a football game in 2010. He was given basically a slim to none chance of ever regaining |
| 0:45.8 | movement from the neck down. But he defeated all the odds with the help of his now wife, Emily, |
| 0:50.9 | and was able to walk across the stage at his college graduation. |
| 0:58.3 | He set a goal for their wedding, which goes hand in hand with the title of their new book, |
| 0:59.8 | The Seven Longest Yards. |
| 1:01.8 | You're going to love the story. |
| 1:06.4 | They have so much to add to what's going on in life, how to live well, the difficulties in marriage, the difficulties we can have in parenting, but just overcoming the odds and |
| 1:10.6 | staying strong in the Lord. They've been featured on the Today Show. marriage, the difficulties we can have in parenting, but just overcoming the odds and staying |
| 1:10.9 | strong in the Lord. They've been featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, NBC, Nightly |
| 1:15.7 | News, People magazine, all over the place. The Lord has been just so good to use their story. |
| 1:20.4 | Beside the story of Chris's determination to do the impossible, Emily and Chris have also followed |
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