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Benefits from Suffering: Truth of God’s Love For You
Posted on Thursday, February 13th, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, benefits from suffering, benefits of adversity, Carol McClain, Does God love me?, God loves you, God's love, God's love in a hard life, how adversity shows God's love, James 4: 1-2, Psalm 30:5, Romans 5:4, romans 8: 35-39, Suffering and God's Love, Writing Redemption
By Carol McClain “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask” James 4: 1-2. …[ 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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