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Tagged: Eccl. 11: 1

Ending Perfectionism Step 4: Life Is an Experiment, Not a Test
Posted on Monday, November 7th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, commitment, Eccl. 11: 1, legalism, life's an experiment, life's not a test, perfectionism

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 ]

Christian–You Are Righteous, But Are You Merciful?

Carol McClain Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Matt. 5:7 Don Carson, a theologian and co-founder of Gospel Coalition, writes: “Mercy is a loving response prompted by the misery and helplessness of the one on which love is to be showered.” If I only knew then what I know now. I used to be able to point my fingers at others for not learning how to pull themselves out of the gutter. After all, I'd come from a rough and tumble upbringing where alcohol use (we were NOT drug addicts, thank you) was de rigueur. Poor and self-conscious… ...[ full story ]

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