Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 2 Cor. 7:10   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain New York State has annual regents exams . Like all tests, they have strict guidelines. If a student asks directions on how to answer, teachers were instructed to say, “Read the question and do your best.” One question …[ read more ]

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but the (person) who fears the Lord is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain I sliced into a strawberry. The red fruit was large and perfectly formed. It lay in a container with other berries identical to it. My mouth watered with the promise of …[ read more ]

 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;  not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Eph. 2:8-9 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Newly divorced with a young child, I started life over again in Malone, a tiny town in Northern New York. Here I met some lovely …[ read more ]

There is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man. Mark 7:15   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Neil, bless his heart, loves potatoes. Yuck. No meal is complete without the spuds. Have I said yuck, yet? Every …[ read more ]

  All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. Is. 64:6   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain For most of my Christian life, I belong to a lively church that …[ read more ]