By Carol McClain I don’t know about you, but somewhere during the many years I’ve been a Christian, I’ve taught myself God is a piggy bank that gives interest. Insert prayer. Wait a day or two, and pop out more than I put in.     Then things don’t go according to plan. I don’t …[ read more ]

By Carol McClain:  @carol_mcclain   I’ve been praying like a fury–for good things, things according to God’s desires. I hang onto the verse: “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us” 1 John 5:14. Then what is needed, what I prayed for according to God’s will, …[ read more ]

For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. Habakkuk 2:3 By Carol McClain:  @carol_mcclain Have you ever known God to be in a rush for anything? I’m not asking facetiously. Scripturally, He waited …[ read more ]

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 ]

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Ps 139:14 By Carol McClain:  @carol_mcclain Great people  have what had been considered oddities. President Obama was left-handed. My brother Art is left-handed. Back when we were in grade school, left-handedness was considered a trait to be corrected. …[ read more ]