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  • Four Responses to Prayer. Which Fits You?
    Posted on Tuesday, July 4th, 2023 | Tagged: Carol McClain, Four responses to prayer, Matthew 8:23-27, Writing Redemption

    arol McClain        @carol_mcclain   My roofer-brother-in-law flew four hundred miles to my house to put on a new roof. As a single mom with only my salary as support, his help was critical. He had one day. Of course, that day threatened rain. The wind already picked up and promised to deliver what the weatherman predicted. This couldn’t …[ read more ]

  • Five Ways to Regain Gratitude
    Posted on Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Thes. 5:18, gratitude on July 4, Luke 6:38, Phil 4:19, Romans 6:7, Thomas Paine, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain        carol_mcclain My friend bought a vacation home on a beautiful lake. For years she’d marvel at her good fortune. Then time passed. It became a small, unremarkable house on a cul-de-sac of million-dollar homes. She lost the wonder. This year, though, she sat on her dock. Fireworks exploded down the cove. The cool …[ read more ]

  • The Purpose of Suffering
    Posted on Monday, May 29th, 2023 | Tagged: 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 Peter 5:10, Carol McClain, how to make things work for good., Isaiah 48:10, Malachi 3:3, purpose of pain, Writing Redemption

    Carol McClain I love stained glass. Whenever I post a picture, swarms of friends beg for lessons. They never count the cost. How to make stained glass:   Choose the glass. The process begins with a nice, but uninteresting, unrefined product. Take a sharp blade. Cut and break the glass according to the pattern. Be …[ read more ]

  • The Pain of Life Brings Beauty
    Posted on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 2 Cor 1:3-5, beauty from ashes, beauty from pain, Carol McClain, how we're like butterflies, Isaiah 61: 1-3, James 2: 1-4, the pain of life brings beauty, Writing Redemption

    Carol McClain While hiking, my friend and I discovered these beautiful blue morpho swallowtails. Rarely do they hold still long enough for me to get beautiful pictures, but these three riveted themselves on their dining. That’s where the beauty ends. Nine times out of ten, what are these lovely butterflies–formerly ugly caterpillars who squish green …[ read more ]

  • How Running Like a Chicken Is Like Running From God
    Posted on Tuesday, May 16th, 2023 | Tagged: 2 Corinthians 12: 9-11, finding God, how to catch a chicken, Proverbs 12: 14-16, Proverbs 14:12, Psalm 31:19, Romans 8:28

    by @carol_mcclain I got chicken(s). Finally, they grew enough to join my larger hens in the big coup. Except– Lulu, one of the chicks, didn’t like being cooped up. Not having grown large, Lulu found a space under the door where she could slip out. How do you catch a chicken? I was about to find out–and …[ read more ]

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    • Four Responses to Prayer. Which Fits You?

      arol McClain       @carol_mcclain  My roofer-brother-in-law flew four hundred miles to my house to put on a new roof. As a single mom with only my salary as support, his help was critical. He had one day. Of course, that day threatened rain. The wind already picked up and promised to deliver what the weatherman predicted. This couldn’t happen. I was walking to my car after picking up groceries to feed him, when the story of Jesus calming the wind came to mind (Matthew 8:23-27). Shyly (I was in a public place) I raised my hand to the wind and prayed, “Be still. Please… ...[ full story ]

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