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Tagged: American gratitude

How to be Happy
Posted on Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 10 benefits to gratitude journaling, 5 ways to regain gratitude, American gratitude, be specific and gratitude increases, Carol McClain, gratitude, James 1:17, journaling, Matthew 7:7, Philippians 4:8, Tangled Lives, Treasured Lives series, Writing Redemption

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change” James 1:17. Last week, I wrote about the joy you will find by keeping a gratitude journal. My friend challenged me to find 1000 different things to …[ read more ]
American Gratitude: Don’t Let It Go Extinct
Posted on Monday, July 8th, 2019 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 5 ways to regain gratitude, American gratitude, Carol McClain, gratitude, thankfulness, Writing Redemption

By: Carol McClain carol_mcclain My friend bought a vacation home on a beautiful lake. For years she’d marvel about her good fortune. Then time passed. It became a small, unremarkable house on a cul-de-sac of million dollar homes. She lost the wonder. This year, though, she sat on her dock. Fireworks exploded down the cove. The …[ read more ]

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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