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Tagged: Ps 139: 14

Celebrate Your Weirdness: You are wonderful, no matter what you think
Posted on Monday, June 19th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, Celebrate your weirdnes: you are wonderful, character counts, no matter what you think, Ps 139: 14
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Ps 139:14 By Carol McClain: @carol_mcclain Great people have what had been considered oddities. President Obama was left-handed. My brother Art is left-handed. Back when we were in grade school, left-handedness was considered a trait to be corrected. …[ read more ]
Beauty Like a Goose: Ps 139:14
Posted on Thursday, April 12th, 2012 | Filed under Uncategorized | Tagged: geese, individuality, Ps 139: 14
I thank you, High God — you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration — what a creation! (Ps 139:14, THE MESSAGE) Geese. Flocks of them vee overhead and awe us with their magnitude. Here in Malone, they congregate at the local pond, sometimes making the water appear to be …[ 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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