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Tagged: Ecclesiastes 3: 4-5

How to Awaken Amazement
Posted on Monday, January 13th, 2025 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Benefits of Living for today, Carol McClain, Clyde Kilby, Ecclesiastes 3: 4-5, how to live life with amazement, John Piper, joy in sorrow, Matt 6:34, Writing Redemption

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” Matt. 6:34, ESV. Life is hard. If you look around, there’s not a thing created that hasn’t been worn down by this earth. Rocks erode, bugs eat plants–find a tree without leaves …[ read more ]

What to you gain by being meek?

Carol McClain Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (Matt. 5: 5) At one time, I considered myself meek. I think I equated my yielding, ready-to-give-in nature as meek. As of late, I've seen all the places I've been arrogant: how I knew best how to write or edit or eat or exercise. (We won't get into politics). Wishy-washy isn't meek. As a matter of fact, two of the greatest men in the Bible are the only two who to whom this trait had been given. The first was Moses. Yep. You read that right. The man who confronted… ...[ full story ]

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