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Tagged: Matt 6:34

How to Awaken Amazement
Posted on Monday, January 13th, 2025 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Benefits of Living for today, Carol McClain, Clyde Kilby, Ecclesiastes 3: 4-5, how to live life with amazement, John Piper, joy in sorrow, Matt 6:34, Writing Redemption

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” Matt. 6:34, ESV. Life is hard. If you look around, there’s not a thing created that hasn’t been worn down by this earth. Rocks erode, bugs eat plants–find a tree without leaves …[ read more ]
Love Life: Live in the Moment
Posted on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, beauty in a snow storm, Borrowed Lives, Carol McClain, hepatica, little things matter, live in the moment, look at your world, Love Life: Live in the Moment, Matt 6:34, photography, seize the day, two important photography rules, Writing Redemption

By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof” (Matt. 6:34). I love photography. Although not a gifted photographer, I love practicing the craft. Recently, two points have been hammered home to create art rather …[ read more ]

How Holding a Grudge Hurts You

Carol McClain I read the names of attendees at a recent two-day festival, one with stellar book sales. The name of one group I once belonged to stopped me. Excitement fled, and a heaviness filled my spirit. My joyful spirit turned sodden. Not them! Doesn't matter. I'm not connected with them any longer. I squared my shoulders and determined to ignore the entire group who so grievously hurt me. Alas ... I'll never overcome their wrongs! On day one of the festival, two new members manned my nemeses' booth. No harm in chatting with them. So I put on my… ...[ full story ]

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