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Tagged: phacelia

No Matter How Small–YOU Change the World
Posted on Monday, April 10th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 Cor. 12:17-19, Carol McClain, character counts, no matter how small--you change the world, perfectionism, phacelia, the gifts of the body of Christ, The Poison We Drink, you are perfect just the way you are
If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. If they were all one member, where would the body be? 1 Cor. 12: 17-19 Lin is …[ read more ]
Strength in Weakness: Lessons from Phacelias
Posted on Monday, April 3rd, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, Great Smoky Mountains, Heb. 10:25, Lev. 26:8, not good to be alone, phacelia, strength in numbers, strength in weakness: lessons from the phacelias
not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. Heb. 10:25 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. Lev. …[ read more ]

Your Past Can Be Forgiven: Rahab
@carol_mcclain Is your past unforgiveable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No one chooses this lifestyle. In ancient Israel, women found few avenues of employment. If unmarried or widowed, they very often had to turn to prostitution in order to survive. Who wants to have non-stop sex with strangers? According to the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women: [caption id="attachment_2044" align="alignleft" width="200"] No one's fallen so low that God can't redeem.[/caption] "Rahab, who begins as triply marginalized—Canaanite, woman, and prostitute—moves to the center as bearer of a divine message… ...[ full story ]

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