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  • How God Sees Us
    Posted on Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, God's love, How God Sees Us, stained glass, Writing Redemption

    by Carol McClain      @carol_mcclain   Fifteen fourth graders crowded my classroom eager to make a stained glass heart. I gulped. Fifteen nine-year-olds. Then I stopped breathing. Fourteen active, normal nine-year-olds and one older, disabled child. How can the teacher instruct him along with all the others? I exhaled and breathed normally. In one day I had to send …[ read more ]

  • Imperfections Don’t Matter: Lessons from a Bad Solderer
    Posted on Monday, August 22nd, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character, character counts, Eccl. 3:11, flaws, imperfection, perfectionism, soldering, stained glass

    My daughter claimed this was my best piece ever. He has made everything beautiful in His time. Eccl. 3:11 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain With fear, I showed my teacher the stained-glass piece I needed help with. At a distance, it was gorgeous, but my soldering–the reason I took this class–needed work. She raved about its beauty. …[ read more ]

  • Stained Glass and Being Perfect
    Posted on Monday, August 8th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: being perfect, Carol McClain, character counts, holiness, how to become holy, perfectionism, stained glass, stained glass and being perfect

    By one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. Heb. 10:14   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Stained Glass and Imperfection I confess. I’m an addict. The lighting is off, but my latest stained glass A couple of years ago, I discovered stained glass making. Now it’s my obsession. I love the …[ read more ]

  • Want To Acheive God’s Perfect Will? Make Mistakes
    Posted on Monday, May 30th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, famous people who failed, mistakes, perfectionism, stained glass

    Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain I love stained glass. I also adore anything complex. Simple bores me, and if …[ read more ]

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    • To Inherit the World, Are You Prepared to Meet the Cost? Consider the Christmas Story

      Carol McClain Matt. 5:5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." The meek. We think of them as spineless milquetoasts. Unassertive and too timid to achieve anything. Although not mentioned as meek, consider Mary, especially in this Christmas season. As a teenage girl betrothed--essentially married in all but consummation--an angel appears to her. We, of course, know what the angel proclaimed. The only hesitation Mary has is that she is a virgin, so how can she be pregnant? Once she accepts her destiny, the consequences begin. As a pregnant teen, everyone thinks she's been licentious and unfaithful… ...[ full story ]

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