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  • How Do You Find Heaven?
    Posted on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Can God forgive my sin, Carol McClain, How do we find redemption, How to find the kingdom of heaven, Matthew 5:3, poor in spirit, Ps. 51: 1-4, Writing Redemption

    Carol McClain Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 In my darkest hours, when my emotional health was at the lowest, I understood I needed Jesus. When we are “poor in spirit,” the first Beatitude says, we can find heaven. (Read last week’s post. Click here ). However, once …[ read more ]

  • Want the Kingdom of Heaven?
    Posted on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, beatitudes, Carol McClain, Exodus 20: 21, Kingdom of Heaven; how to find the kingdom of heaven; why do the poor in spirit find the kingdom of heaven, Matthew 5: 3, poor in spirit, Writing Redemption

    Carol McClain Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5: 3 My Christian brother convinced my sister and me to go to church with him when my grandmother died. After all, death is one time non-believers believe they should go to church. For me, that day turned my …[ read more ]

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    • Do You Know What the Fruit of Sorrow Is?

      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 would never enter into a relationship like that again. My prayer then became, "Lord, let me find someone to love. However, whoever you want me to date, let it be for real, not a flirtation, but the one you want me to marry." Enter "Kyle."… ...[ full story ]

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