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Say No: Handbags Are Heavy
Posted on Monday, May 2nd, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, handbags are heavy, no, perfectionism, say no, using your gifts
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. Matt. 11: 28-30 By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain Full …[ read more ]
Say No: There is NO Condemnation
Posted on Monday, April 25th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, fear, no, perfectionism, rejection
Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil. Matthew 5: 37 By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain Years ago I played by bassoon in Oklahoma. My main take-away was the song, “I Can’t Say No”. Unlike Ado Annie, my fear of no isn’t sexual–but it permeates every part of my …[ read more ]

Health: Lessons from Alone
@carol_mcclain We take our health for granted. We smoke or drink (or in my case, overdose on chocolate). Maybe we abhor exercise or refuse to get a vaccine because--hey--that's for old people and scaredy-cats. (And I have a right to chose what to do with my body--that's another blog). Two weeks ago, my husband and I had breakthrough cases of COVID (not an excuse for you to skip the vaccination because people get the yuck anyway). Had I not had the vaccine, I'm sure I'd have been in the hospital as I'm still struggling to recover. What did I lose… ...[ full story ]

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