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  • The First Three Steps in Conquering Grief
    Posted on Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: accepting the unacceptable, Carol McClain, Ecclesiastes 3:2, first steps in conquering grief, five stages of grief, five steps of grief, God's care, Grace, https://www.washington.edu/counseling/2020/06/08/the-stages-of-grief-accepting-the-unacceptable/, Malachi 4:2, overcoming grief, self compassion, Washington university, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain   Are you surrounded by loss?To say life’s been hard for me these last few months is an understatement. Loss piled upon loss. After multiple 800-mile trips from Tennessee to New York helping to care for my mother with her declining health, she died. Grief gripped me, but Mom had reached 92. She knew Jesus. …[ read more ]

  • Joy: How do you find it when your world falls apart?
    Posted on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Borrowed Lives, Carol McClain, Ecclesiastes 1:9, How to find joy, Isaiah 35:1, joy, Philippians 4:8, Romans, Romans 8, romans 8: 35-39, sorrow, sorrow at Christmas, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. (Is. 35:1) This last Sunday, Neil and I lit the third Advent candle–the rose one. Joy. Of all things with the recent loss of my mother (not to mention my usual litany of sorrowful things–I …[ read more ]

  • Five Ways Comparisons Hurt You
    Posted on Sunday, October 9th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 2 Corinthians 10:12, A New York Yankee on Stinking Creek, Carol McClain, comparisons, don't compare, Gal. 6: 4, how comparisons hurt you, John 3:16, Micah 6:8, Ps 139:14, Writing Redemption, you are of value, you are wonderfully made

    @carol_mcclain “Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding” 2 Cor. 10:12. My husband and I go to craft show (for me, mostly to recoup some of the money …[ read more ]

  • What do comparisons do?
    Posted on Monday, September 5th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 2 Corinthians 10:12, author Carol McClain, Carol McClain, comparisons, comparisons hurt, Proverbs 31, proverbs 31:10-31, Writing Redemption

    carol_mcclain I’m sure glad Lemuel’s mother isn’t my mother-in-law. She asked her son this question in Proverbs 31 verse 10: Who can find a virtuous wife? I’ll rephrase for the purposes of this blog–are you a virtuous wife? Wait-wait. Here’s the answer. No one Don’t believe me. Take this quiz and see how you match up …[ read more ]

  • You Can Overcome Suffering: Bathsheba
    Posted on Monday, August 22nd, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 2 Samuel 11, Bathsheba, Carol McClain, Jewish Women's Archive, Matthew 1: 6, Romans 8: 37, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain Little is known for certain about Bathsheba  (the fourth woman mentioned in Jesus’s genealogy)and her relationship with King David. I highly recommend reading the Jewish Women’s Archive for a Jewish perspective on this complicated woman. For certain, we know: She was beautiful (1 Sam. 11:2) Her father and husband were elite members of David’s vanguard. (2 …[ read more ]

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    • Ten Ways to be Filled with the Holy Spirit

        @carol_mcclain "Don't be drunk with wine, be filled with the Spirit!" 1 Cor.5:18 According to John Piper, how do we get drunk with wine? We drink it. Lots of it. So how do we get drunk with the Holy Spirit? Immerse yourself in God. Drink in lots of Him. Read your Scriptures. Pray. Sing Psalms and hymns and contemporary Christian music. Listen to edifying Christian stations. Avoid our entertainment that celebrates sinful behavior--alcohol, sex, foul language. Hang out with practicing, like-minded Christians. Go to church. Take notes on the sermon. Look around this world and see the glory God… ...[ full story ]

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