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  • Gratitude Improves Relationships
    Posted on Friday, December 6th, 2019 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Thes. 5:16, Bless This Mess, Carol McClain, freedom from pain, get rid of stress., gratitude, gratitude journal, how to be grateful, how to be thankful, How to find gratitude in the midst of trials, pain, Psalm 23:5, thankfulness, trials, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain @carol_mcclain According to Psychology Today, (http://bit.ly/2sRBIR0), gratitude improves relationships. Can you imagine why? While sitting in the teacher’s room, a colleague and I had an agreeable conversation between grading papers. In came “Bud.” He never had a positive thing to say. “Bellyache, bellyache…” My friend had the good fortune to need hearing aids. …[ read more ]

  • Thankfulness in Times of Trials
    Posted on Friday, December 6th, 2019 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Thes. 5:16, Bless This Mess, Carol McClain, freedom from pain, get rid of stress., gratitude, gratitude journal, how to be grateful, how to be thankful, How to find gratitude in the midst of trials, pain, Psalm 23:5, thankfulness, trials, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain @carol_mcclain You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. Ps. 23:5 We live our lives denying the fact they will end. Or else, we expect, as Christians, that our lives will be pain-free if we have the right combination …[ read more ]

  • Adam And Eve: Epitome of Ungratefuness
    Posted on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Thes. 5:16, Bless This Mess, Carol McClain, get rid of stress., gratitude, gratitude journal, how to be grateful, how to be thankful, thankfulness, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain @carol_mcclain In Everything give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thes. 5:18 Prior to Thanksgiving, our pastor preached about Adam and Eve. He posited that ingratitude caused their downfall. This slant on the well-worn episode made me think. God gave this duo everything but… They …[ read more ]

  • How To Give Thanks
    Posted on Monday, December 2nd, 2019 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Thes. 5:16, Bless This Mess, Carol McClain, get rid of stress., gratitude, gratitude journal, how to be grateful, how to be thankful, thankfulness, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain @carol_mcclain In Everything give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thes. 5:18 I know. Thanksgiving passed. Now the final, crazy, stressful days leading to Christmas arrived. Who has room for thankfulness when the seasonal insanity is full throttle? For that matter, those of us who …[ read more ]

  • Three Steps to a Ruined Prayer Life
    Posted on Monday, September 25th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 Thes. 5:16, Carol McClain, how to ruin prayer, prayer, three steps to a ruined prayer life, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain:  @carol_mcclain There was a time when I knew prayer. The Bible describes prayer as wrestling  or striving or fervency or laboring… and lots of other words implying working hard at it. I used to rise before my daughter woke so I could have at least and hour in prayer. I picked up my guitar and …[ read more ]

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    • By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain I know. It's been a while since I've been on my blog. You know. Life's so busy--so many social engagements, fairs, family gatherings ... So many lies. I've more than likely not taken my own medicine. The prescription can be found in Proverbs 17:22: "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:" The last chapter of 2020 closed a few weeks ago, but not without promising us more heartache in 2021. Our pandemic hasn’t finished with us, and we will find more grief and hardship for many more months. Now, aren’t you glad you decided to… ...[ full story ]

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