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  • 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 ]

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      Carol McClain Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1 As a Christian for over forty years, I've seen some truly glorious and godly believers. Sadly, so many, while saved and loving the Lord do things we condemn in the unsaved. How many have divorced a spouse while still being "best friends" with their ex? How many babies arrived eight months after a marriage? How many have skirted the edges of the law and bragged about their exploits? Of course, the list of things we ought not  do stretches far… ...[ full story ]

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