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  • Gratitude Improves Health
    Posted on Saturday, December 7th, 2019 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, freedom from pain, get rid of stress., gratitude, Gratitude and physical health, gratitude improves health, gratitude journal, how to be grateful, how to be thankful, How to find gratitude in the midst of trials, pain, thankfulness, thankfulness improves relationships, thankfulness leads to good health, trials, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain @carol_mcclain   Gratitude improves physical health. Grateful people experience fewer aches and pains and report feeling healthier than other people, according to a 2012 study published in  Personality and Individual Differences. Not surprisingly, grateful people are also more likely to take care of their health. They exercise more often and are more likely to attend regular check-ups, which …[ read more ]

  • Gratitude Improves Relationships
    Posted on Friday, December 6th, 2019 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Thes. 5:16, Bless This Mess, Carol McClain, freedom from pain, get rid of stress., gratitude, gratitude journal, how to be grateful, how to be thankful, How to find gratitude in the midst of trials, pain, Psalm 23:5, thankfulness, trials, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain @carol_mcclain According to Psychology Today, (http://bit.ly/2sRBIR0), gratitude improves relationships. Can you imagine why? While sitting in the teacher’s room, a colleague and I had an agreeable conversation between grading papers. In came “Bud.” He never had a positive thing to say. “Bellyache, bellyache…” My friend had the good fortune to need hearing aids. …[ read more ]

  • Thankfulness in Times of Trials
    Posted on Friday, December 6th, 2019 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Thes. 5:16, Bless This Mess, Carol McClain, freedom from pain, get rid of stress., gratitude, gratitude journal, how to be grateful, how to be thankful, How to find gratitude in the midst of trials, pain, Psalm 23:5, thankfulness, trials, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain @carol_mcclain You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. Ps. 23:5 We live our lives denying the fact they will end. Or else, we expect, as Christians, that our lives will be pain-free if we have the right combination …[ read more ]

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    • Why Christians Are Hated

      By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain Last week, a reader commented that no matter what we do, the lost will despise Christians. He was right. 18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you" John 15: 18-19. The rule of Bible study taught to me early in my walk is to not rely on one Scripture for your belief. When… ...[ full story ]

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