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  • Bargaining: The Third Stage of Grief
    Posted on Friday, April 7th, 2023 | Tagged: bargaining in grief, bargaining the third stage of grief, Carol McClain, Ecclesiastes 3:4, Matthew 10: 29-31, stages of grief, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain As stated in last week’s blog dealing with anger (click here to read) , grieving can be for any traumatic issue like sexual abuse, domestic turmoil, divorce, or 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 …[ read more ]

  • Anger: Second Stage of Grief
    Posted on Monday, March 27th, 2023 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Anger of Grief, Carol McClain, carolmcclain.com, five stages of grief, Revelation 21:4, University of Washington, What does anger look like, Why are you so angry, Writing Redemption

    @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 …[ read more ]

  • Denial: Step One in the Seven Stages of Grief
    Posted on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 | Tagged: denial, Ecclesiastes 7: 2, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, five stages of grief, Grief, How to conquer grief, How to walk through grief, Seven stages of grief, University of Washington

    @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 ]

  • The First Step in Conquering Grief
    Posted on Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 | Tagged: conquering grief, first step in conquering grief, five stages of grief, How to conquer grief, how to move forward in sorrow, Isaiah 41:10, Matthew 6:34, one day at a time, University of Washington

    @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 ]

  • The First Three Steps in Conquering Grief
    Posted on Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 | Tagged: accepting the unacceptable, Carol McClain, Ecclesiastes 3:2, first steps in conquering grief, five stages of grief, five steps of grief, God's care, Grace, https://www.washington.edu/counseling/2020/06/08/the-stages-of-grief-accepting-the-unacceptable/, Malachi 4:2, overcoming grief, self compassion, Washington university, Writing Redemption

    @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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    • What to you gain by being meek?

      Carol McClain Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (Matt. 5: 5) At one time, I considered myself meek. I think I equated my yielding, ready-to-give-in nature as meek. As of late, I've seen all the places I've been arrogant: how I knew best how to write or edit or eat or exercise. (We won't get into politics). Wishy-washy isn't meek. As a matter of fact, two of the greatest men in the Bible are the only two who to whom this trait had been given. The first was Moses. Yep. You read that right. The man who confronted… ...[ full story ]

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