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You Are Who You Need To Be:Comparisons Always Fail You
Posted on Monday, August 29th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 John 1:9, 1 John 3: 1-2, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Bathsheba, carolmcclain.com, Ephesians 4:1, Jeremiah 1:5, Rahab, Romans 8, Ruth, Tamar, Writing Redemption
@carol_mcclai n Over the past few months, we’ve looked at four mighty women in Jesus’s genealogy. All lived sinful or abused or despised lives. Despite their reputations and upbringing, each woman defied society’s definition of her life and left a legacy for Christ. Who are you? Tamar–Jacob believed she killed his sons. He deceived Tamar when …[ read more ]
House Cleaning and Sin: How We Justify Our Self-Hatred
Posted on Monday, June 26th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 John 1:9, Carol McClain, character counts, How we justify our self-hatred, James 5:16-17, self-hatred, self-loathing, sin
Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. James 5:16 By Carol McClain: @carol_mcclain We invited friends over to the house at the last minute. I looked over my home and knew I only had time for what I called …[ read more ]

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 book? Have you resolved that this is the year you'd accomplish this? Nearly all of us have already broken our resolves. Why? Because we do what we want to do. Wait, our resolves are our desire, or so we think. Not if you're not doing… ...[ full story ]

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