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  • Denial: Step One in the Seven Stages of Grief
    Posted on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: denial, Ecclesiastes 7: 2, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, five stages of grief, Grief, How to conquer grief, How to walk through grief, Seven stages of grief, University of Washington

    @carol_mcclain “It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart” (Ecc. 7:2, NIV). Grieving can be for any traumatic issue. In my life, I’m processing grief over multiple losses and problems. However, if you have experienced …[ read more ]

  • Mourning: Better Than Joy: Eccl. 7: 2-4
    Posted on Thursday, December 13th, 2012 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Ecclesiastes 7: 2, sorrow

    English: The Bible (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) When love came knocking shortly after I got saved, I worried I would make the same mistakes I made when I had married. That relationship proved damaging to who I was as a human, so I prayed that God would shut every door He needed if He did not …[ read more ]

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      Carol McClain Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matt. 5:4 In my youth, I really believed I irreversibly ruined my life. I had fooled with drugs, married a man I shouldn't have (But the second mistake is a lie--I birthed the most amazing daughter any mother could hope for, so that marriage gave me a gift.), and I lived a life I didn't like. This life continued to lead me on a path I did not want to travel. During the worst of my times during that period of my life, I'd cry and pray as… ...[ full story ]

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