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  • Relieve Holiday Stress in God’s Eden
    Posted on Monday, December 5th, 2016 | Tagged: Big South Fork, Carol McClain, character counts, Christmas stress reliever, garden of eden, Grand Gap, relieve holiday stress, stress

    A distant view of Angel Falls before we walked out on the rocks Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle …[ read more ]

  • Four Ways to Love Your Job
    Posted on Monday, November 28th, 2016 | Tagged: 4 ways to love your job, Carol McClain, character counts, Eccl. 3:22, Four ways to love your job, work is a gift from God

    So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?I’ve been there, and I know. Work is a gift from God. Eccl. 3:22   By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain I had about fifteen years …[ read more ]

  • It’s Your Job: It’s God’s Gift
    Posted on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, consequences of hating your job, Eccl. 3:22, Gen. 2:15, gift of God, love your job, working

      So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?I’ve been there, and I know. Work is a gift from God. Eccl. 3:22 By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain Work is a gift of …[ read more ]

  • Ending Perfectionism Step 4: Life Is an Experiment, Not a Test
    Posted on Monday, November 7th, 2016 | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, commitment, Eccl. 11: 1, legalism, life's an experiment, life's not a test, perfectionism

    Cast your bread upon the water. Eccl. 11:1   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Life for me is about commitment. If I volunteer to do something or I decide to try a new endeavor, something inside of me compels me to keep with it–even if the act makes me miserable. My first church underscored this trait. It …[ read more ]

  • Step 3: Overcoming Perfectionism–Ask For Help
    Posted on Monday, October 31st, 2016 | Tagged: ask for help, Carol McClain, character counts, perfectionism, steps in overcoming perfectionism.

    “Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be …[ read more ]

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    • Your Past Can Be Forgiven: Rahab

      @carol_mcclain Is your past unforgiveable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No one chooses this lifestyle. In ancient Israel, women found few avenues of employment. If unmarried or widowed, they very often had to turn to prostitution in order to survive. Who wants to have non-stop sex with strangers? According to the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women: [caption id="attachment_2044" align="alignleft" width="200"] No one's fallen so low that God can't redeem.[/caption] "Rahab, who begins as triply marginalized—Canaanite, woman, and prostitute—moves to the center as bearer of a divine message… ...[ full story ]

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