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God Can Create Beauty from Tragedy
Posted on Monday, March 8th, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, author Carol McClain, Baskin Creek, beauty from ashes, Beauty from tragedy, Borrowed Lives, carolmcclain.com, Gatlinburg Wildfire 2016, Great Smoky Mountains, healing from pain, Is 61:2, Smoky Mountains, Writing Redemption

By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain “(He has called me) To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified” …[ read more ]

How to Have an Abundant Life

Carol McClain Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matt. 5:4 In my youth, I really believed I irreversibly ruined my life. I had fooled with drugs, married a man I shouldn't have (But the second mistake is a lie--I birthed the most amazing daughter any mother could hope for, so that marriage gave me a gift.), and I lived a life I didn't like. This life continued to lead me on a path I did not want to travel. During the worst of my times during that period of my life, I'd cry and pray as… ...[ full story ]

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