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  • The Extravagance of God
    Posted on Monday, April 5th, 2021 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, beauty, Borrowed Lives, Carol McClain, cherish the now, fish, flowers, God's glory, photographs, Psalm 139:14, The extravagance of God, What do you love?, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain When I see a flower I stop. I examine the bloom, look at it from all angles, check the smell, and at last–photograph it. Everything about flowers captivates me–texture, scent, color, size. My photo albums are full of pictures that probably bore others, but delight me. How could God have created such diversity? We know …[ read more ]

  • Renovating the Heart: Introducing Secondhand Sunsets by Gail Kittleston
    Posted on Monday, March 29th, 2021 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, beauty from ashes, Carol McClain, Dare to Bloom, fiction, Gail Kittleson, growth through suffering, historical fiction, Secondhand Sunsets, spiritual themes, women with grit, women's fiction, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain I’m branching out here in introducing other authors. Gail Kittleson is a gifted writer, teacher, and mentor. She’s recently released a new book: Secondhand Sunsets. I’d love for you to get to know her. Secondhand Sunset Recently, my husband and I decided to re-re-renovate a central portion of our very old house, …[ read more ]

  • Love Life: Live in the Moment
    Posted on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, beauty in a snow storm, Borrowed Lives, Carol McClain, hepatica, little things matter, live in the moment, look at your world, Love Life: Live in the Moment, Matt 6:34, photography, seize the day, two important photography rules, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof” (Matt. 6:34). I love photography. Although not a gifted photographer, I love practicing the craft. Recently, two points have been hammered home to create art rather …[ read more ]

  • God Can Create Beauty from Tragedy
    Posted on Monday, March 8th, 2021 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, author Carol McClain, Baskin Creek, beauty from ashes, Beauty from tragedy, Borrowed Lives, carolmcclain.com, Gatlinburg Wildfire 2016, Great Smoky Mountains, healing from pain, Is 61:2, Smoky Mountains, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain “(He has called me) To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified” …[ read more ]

  • How Get Joy Out of Sorrow
    Posted on Friday, February 12th, 2021 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Borrowed Lives, consequences of sin, drug addiction, Elk Lake Publishing, joy, mentoring, Numbers 14:18, Salvation, sin has consequences, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain JOY COMES IN THE MORNING BUT UNTIL IT DOES …? Sin’s not all it’s cracked up to be—but after sorrow, comes joy.   Numbers 14:18 and similar scriptures always caused me to stumble. “The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting …[ 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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