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Denial: Step One in the Seven Stages of Grief
@carol_mcclain “It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart” (Ecc. 7:2, NIV). Grieving can be for any traumatic issue. In my life, I’m processing grief over multiple losses and problems. However, if you have experienced …[ read more ]
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The First Step in Conquering Grief
@carol_mcclain “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” Matthew 6:34. My mother passed away after a year-long decline. Every six weeks, I’d travel from Tennessee to New York to visit her and to help my sister who had become the principal caretaker. For …[ read more ]
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The First Three Steps in Conquering Grief
@carol_mcclain Are you surrounded by loss?To say life’s been hard for me these last few months is an understatement. Loss piled upon loss. After multiple 800-mile trips from Tennessee to New York helping to care for my mother with her declining health, she died. Grief gripped me, but Mom had reached 92. She knew Jesus. …[ read more ]
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Five Ways To Keep Your Resolutions
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing.” ― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life It’s the new year, and of course, you’ve made resolutions. Do you want to exercise more? Cook healthy meals? Write a …[ read more ]
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Joy: How do you find it when your world falls apart?
@carol_mcclain The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. (Is. 35:1) This last Sunday, Neil and I lit the third Advent candle–the rose one. Joy. Of all things with the recent loss of my mother (not to mention my usual litany of sorrowful things–I …[ read more ]