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Tagged: Matt. 5: 4

Do You Know What the Fruit of Sorrow Is?
Posted on Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, Ecc 7: 2, Matt. 5: 4, mourning, mourning to joy, Prov 13: 12, purpose of sorrow, The Fruit of Sorrow, The meaning of the beatitudes, Writing Redemption

by Carol McClain Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. Eccl. 7: 2, KJV As a new Christian and a single mom, I, like nearly every woman in the world, longed for a spouse. However, my first marriage left me with nightmares for years. I …[ read more ]
How to Have an Abundant Life
Posted on Thursday, October 30th, 2025 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, How to have an abundant life, how to mind joy, Jer. 31: 13, John 10: 10, joy for mourning, Matt. 5: 4, mourning can heal your sorrow, Writing Redemption

Carol McClain Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matt. 5:4 In my youth, I really believed I irreversibly ruined my life. I had fooled with drugs, married a man I shouldn’t have (But the second mistake is a lie–I birthed the most amazing daughter any mother could hope for, so that …[ read more ]

How Do You Know What Is Right and True?

Carol McClain The world is hungry for happiness, and it is starving. Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds prosperity and honor. Pr. 21:21 If we look at the world around us today, we see the truth of the above. Everyone touts, "I'll living my truth." Like Pilate, who asked, "What is truth?" they set about to redefine it. In the process, only Orwellian doublespeak works. A few contemporary examples Maybe someone believes in a pro-abortion. They define the conceived child as only a fetus (which actually originates from the Latin fētus, meaning "offspring," "bringing forth," or "hatching of young"). The… ...[ full story ]

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