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Tagged: Salvation

How Get Joy Out of Sorrow
Posted on Friday, February 12th, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Borrowed Lives, consequences of sin, drug addiction, Elk Lake Publishing, joy, mentoring, Numbers 14:18, Salvation, sin has consequences, Writing Redemption
By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain JOY COMES IN THE MORNING BUT UNTIL IT DOES …? Sin’s not all it’s cracked up to be—but after sorrow, comes joy. Numbers 14:18 and similar scriptures always caused me to stumble. “The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting …[ read more ]
We’re Just Like Michelangelo
Posted on Monday, July 6th, 2015 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Florence, Grace, Michelangelo, Salvation, The David
Before the victory We should be like David You are like Michelangelo. And my husband has the traits of Michelangelo’s famous sculpture, David. We had finally made it to Florence, and Neil had orders. We would not leave Italy until we’d seen Michelangelo’s David. I’d seen the Pieta , and thought seeing it again, although desired, would …[ read more ]

Five Ways To Keep Your Resolutions
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing.” ― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life It's the new year, and of course, you've made resolutions. Do you want to exercise more? Cook healthy meals? Write a book? Have you resolved that this is the year you'd accomplish this? Nearly all of us have already broken our resolves. Why? Because we do what we want to do. Wait, our resolves are our desire, or so we think. Not if you're not doing… ...[ full story ]

Carol McClain