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  • How To Find God With Gratitude
    Posted on Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: gratitude, how to be thankful, How to find God, How to find joy, I Thessalonians 5: 16-18, the benefit of gratitude journaling

    @carol_mcclain So you’ve heard this before: You can find God through gratitude journaling. What? It didn’t work? I fully understand. I tried gratitude journals so many times and ended up repeating myself over and over and getting the same results. Quitting. This time though? At the end of this post, I’ll give you my formula. I …[ read more ]

  • Joy: How do you find it when your world falls apart?
    Posted on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Borrowed Lives, Carol McClain, Ecclesiastes 1:9, How to find joy, Isaiah 35:1, joy, Philippians 4:8, Romans, Romans 8, romans 8: 35-39, sorrow, sorrow at Christmas, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. (Is. 35:1) This last Sunday, Neil and I lit the third Advent candle–the rose one. Joy. Of all things with the recent loss of my mother (not to mention my usual litany of sorrowful things–I …[ read more ]

  • How to Find Joy
    Posted on Tuesday, January 18th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, duck duck jeep, ducking jeep, How to find joy, joy, Matthew 18:3-4, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain [3] And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. [4] Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18: 3-4 Ever since my teen years–eons ago–I’ve …[ read more ]

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    • Four Problems of Not Fearing the Lord

      Carol McClain My friend pastors a small country church. Recently, about four RVs, belonging to church members, pulled up in front of the church--blocking the view from the road. The RV owners decided to camp out here all year. One member has a key to the church, and uses it for the bathroom. They get their water from the church's supply. When asked to leave by the pastor, they refused. Their intention is to leave their oversized vehicles in front of the church and thus avoid storage fees, camping fees, water and sewage fees. Beyond these facts, I won't indulge… ...[ full story ]

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