Carol McClain

Writing Redemption



  • Home
  • About Carol
  • Books
  • Events
  • Blog
  • Contact


Get Blog Post Updates
Sign up to receive blog posts automatically emailed straight to your inbox.

    Tagged: joy

  • 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 ]

  • How Get Joy Out of Sorrow
    Posted on Friday, February 12th, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Borrowed Lives, consequences of sin, drug addiction, Elk Lake Publishing, joy, mentoring, Numbers 14:18, Salvation, sin has consequences, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain JOY COMES IN THE MORNING BUT UNTIL IT DOES …? Sin’s not all it’s cracked up to be—but after sorrow, comes joy.   Numbers 14:18 and similar scriptures always caused me to stumble. “The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting …[ read more ]

  • Three Ways to Re-Capture the Wonder of Christmas
    Posted on Monday, November 27th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, Isaiah 9:6, joy, Recapturing the Wonder of Christmas, Wonder, Writing Redemption

    News alert: Christmas is Coming. This should get two different reactions from two different sets of people. I hate Christmas. (Those like me.) Yeah. It’s WONDERFUL. I’d been so jaded for so many years because of Christmas demands. Cynicism is exhausting, so I made some changes. God told us to become like children–yes, He referred …[ read more ]

  • How To Be Happy: Sew Simple
    Posted on Monday, September 14th, 2015 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Ecclesiastes, joy, life

    Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot” (Ecc. 5:18). I used to love to sew. That is after I …[ read more ]

  • Page 2 of 2«12
  • Author Carol McClain

  • Blog Archives

  • Search by Topic

  • Recent Posts

    • What to you gain by being meek?
    • Do You Know What the Fruit of Sorrow Is?
    • How to Have an Abundant Life
    • How Do You Find Heaven?
    • Want the Kingdom of Heaven?
  • Recent Comments

    • Peggy Ellis on What to you gain by being meek?
    • Carol McClain on Do You Know What the Fruit of Sorrow Is?
    • Peggy Ellis on Do You Know What the Fruit of Sorrow Is?
    • Peggy Ellis on How to Have an Abundant Life
    • Carol McClain on How to Have an Abundant Life




      From the Blog

    • What to you gain by being meek?

      Carol McClain Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (Matt. 5: 5) At one time, I considered myself meek. I think I equated my yielding, ready-to-give-in nature as meek. As of late, I've seen all the places I've been arrogant: how I knew best how to write or edit or eat or exercise. (We won't get into politics). Wishy-washy isn't meek. As a matter of fact, two of the greatest men in the Bible are the only two who to whom this trait had been given. The first was Moses. Yep. You read that right. The man who confronted… ...[ full story ]

    On Facebook

    This message is only visible to admins.
    Problem displaying Facebook posts. Backup cache in use.
    Click to show error
    Error: Any of the pages_read_engagement, pages_manage_metadata, pages_read_user_content, pages_manage_ads, pages_show_list or pages_messaging permission(s) must be granted before impersonating a user's page. Type: OAuthException

    On Twitter

    Twitter feed is not available at the moment.

    © 2016-2025 by Carol McClain.
    Website design & Development by kikaDESIGN