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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 ]

  • Ecclesiastes 1:18–Knowledge=Sorrow
    Posted on Thursday, October 11th, 2012 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Ecclesiastes 1:18, Grief, knowledge, sorrow

        Much learning earns you much trouble. The more you know, the more you hurt. Eccl 1:18 This verse confused me. I love knowledge. I believed you can never have too much. But then, I discovered, the hard way, the more you know, the more you realize you don’t know. Then you find yourself …[ read more ]

  • Good Grief
    Posted on Thursday, April 19th, 2012 | Filed under Uncategorized | Tagged: Ecclesiastes 7, Grief, sorrow

    Good Grief (Photo credit: Camps ) It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart …[ read more ]

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    • Five Reasons to Love that People Hate What You Stand For

      Carol McClain Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 5:10 Ah the Beatitudes. How we love them. Until-- Verse ten. Why did God put that one in? Blessed? How can we be blessed? Five Reasons to Love that People Hate What You Stand For 2 Tim. 3: 12 In contemporary media, when a Christian is a character, he/she's the villain. Why? We're a light to the world. The darkness--aka sin--is exposed when the light shines. If you speak the truth, people will hate you. But the caveat is: Christians can… ...[ full story ]

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