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  • The Pain of Life Brings Beauty
    Posted on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 2 Cor 1:3-5, beauty from ashes, beauty from pain, Carol McClain, how we're like butterflies, Isaiah 61: 1-3, James 2: 1-4, the pain of life brings beauty, Writing Redemption

    Carol McClain While hiking, my friend and I discovered these beautiful blue morpho swallowtails. Rarely do they hold still long enough for me to get beautiful pictures, but these three riveted themselves on their dining. That’s where the beauty ends. Nine times out of ten, what are these lovely butterflies–formerly ugly caterpillars who squish green …[ read more ]

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      Matt. 5:7: Delight in graciously helping others knowing God will graciously help you. Carson, co-founder of Gospel Coalition, writes: “Mercy is a loving response prompted by the misery and helplessness of the one on which love is to be showered.” Mercy flows directly out of the previous four Beatitudes (we know ourselves to be poor and needy, hungering for righteousness.) Mercy is one of the richest words in Hebrew tradition. One of the key qualities of God, lovingkindness, generosity to the weak and helpless, continued love for people even when they’re unfaithful. How much mercy you show is the result… ...[ full story ]

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