Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; 5  Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle. Ps. 103:4-5   By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain   Christmas. The only thing that matters is gift-giving.   Yep. That’s not a typo. I mean every word of it, but probably not the …[ read more ]

A distant view of Angel Falls before we walked out on the rocks Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle …[ read more ]

So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?I’ve been there, and I know. Work is a gift from God. Eccl. 3:22   By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain I had about fifteen years …[ read more ]

  So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?I’ve been there, and I know. Work is a gift from God. Eccl. 3:22 By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain Work is a gift of …[ read more ]

Cast your bread upon the water. Eccl. 11:1   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Life for me is about commitment. If I volunteer to do something or I decide to try a new endeavor, something inside of me compels me to keep with it–even if the act makes me miserable. My first church underscored this trait. It …[ read more ]