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  • Choose Your Pharisee: So Many Judges, So Little Success
    Posted on Monday, May 23rd, 2016 | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, Mt. 5:20, perfectionism, Pharisees, righteousness

    For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 5:20 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain They surround us. They live among us and infect us with our inferiority. In the faculty room, the churches, the government, social groups, …[ read more ]

  • What Is Perfection? I’ll Show you: Photo Expose
    Posted on Monday, May 16th, 2016 | Tagged: Adirondack Mountains, botanical gardens, Carol McClain, character counts, Great Smoky Mountains, Mosiaculture, perfection, wild flowers

    Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. Luke 12:27 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain One of my favorite spots in the Montreal Botanical Gardens . If you ever want to see perfection, go there–especially from now until early summer. …[ read more ]

  • Perfection Changes
    Posted on Monday, May 9th, 2016 | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, First Epistle to the Corinthians, perfectionism, perfectionism changes, we see through a glass darkly

    12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 1 Cor. 13:12   Veruska, you look good By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Aside from God, perfection changes. Or the idea of perfection. My mother, who birthed five …[ read more ]

  • Say No: Handbags Are Heavy
    Posted on Monday, May 2nd, 2016 | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, handbags are heavy, no, perfectionism, say no, using your gifts

    Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. Matt. 11: 28-30   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain   Full …[ read more ]

  • Say No: There is NO Condemnation
    Posted on Monday, April 25th, 2016 | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, fear, no, perfectionism, rejection

    Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil. Matthew 5: 37   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Years ago I played by bassoon in Oklahoma. My main take-away was the song, “I Can’t Say No”. Unlike Ado Annie, my fear of no isn’t sexual–but it permeates every part of my …[ read more ]

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    • Anger: Second Stage of Grief

      @carol_mcclain As stated in last week's blog dealing with denial (click here to read), grieving can be for any traumatic issue. In my life, I'm processing grief over multiple losses and problems. However, if you have experienced sexual abuse, domestic turmoil, divorce, racial injustice--well, look at the news headlines--you can plummet into mourning. What bears repeating is: 1. Grief does not follow a timeline. You may be struggling for a year. You may find new joy in a month. Neither is wrong. 2. The five stages of grief will be cyclical. You may have reached acceptance and suddenly cycled back… ...[ full story ]

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