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  • Five Ways to Regain Gratitude
    Posted on Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Thes. 5:18, gratitude on July 4, Luke 6:38, Phil 4:19, Romans 6:7, Thomas Paine, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain        carol_mcclain My friend bought a vacation home on a beautiful lake. For years she’d marvel at her good fortune. Then time passed. It became a small, unremarkable house on a cul-de-sac of million-dollar homes. She lost the wonder. This year, though, she sat on her dock. Fireworks exploded down the cove. The cool …[ read more ]

  • The Purpose of Suffering
    Posted on Monday, May 29th, 2023 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 Peter 5:10, Carol McClain, how to make things work for good., Isaiah 48:10, Malachi 3:3, purpose of pain, Writing Redemption

    Carol McClain I love stained glass. Whenever I post a picture, swarms of friends beg for lessons. They never count the cost. How to make stained glass:   Choose the glass. The process begins with a nice, but uninteresting, unrefined product. Take a sharp blade. Cut and break the glass according to the pattern. Be …[ read more ]

  • The Pain of Life Brings Beauty
    Posted on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 2 Cor 1:3-5, beauty from ashes, beauty from pain, Carol McClain, how we're like butterflies, Isaiah 61: 1-3, James 2: 1-4, the pain of life brings beauty, Writing Redemption

    Carol McClain While hiking, my friend and I discovered these beautiful blue morpho swallowtails. Rarely do they hold still long enough for me to get beautiful pictures, but these three riveted themselves on their dining. That’s where the beauty ends. Nine times out of ten, what are these lovely butterflies–formerly ugly caterpillars who squish green …[ read more ]

  • Acceptance: Fifth Step in Conquering Grief
    Posted on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 5 stages of grief, acceptance of pain, acceptance--the fifth steep in Conquering Grief, Andrew Ripp, Carol McClain, five stages of grief, Matthew 5:4, Ps 30:5, Ps 34:18, The University of Washington, Writing Redemption

    Carol McClain Ps. 34:18 “The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Recently a terrible accident happened at a Volkswagon plant in Chattanooga. A car somehow ran out of control and ploughed down three people. One died. Two are critical. One of the two critically injured people is …[ read more ]

  • Bargaining: The Third Stage of Grief
    Posted on Friday, April 7th, 2023 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: bargaining in grief, bargaining the third stage of grief, Carol McClain, Ecclesiastes 3:4, Matthew 10: 29-31, stages of grief, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain As stated in last week’s blog dealing with anger (click here to read) , grieving can be for any traumatic issue like sexual abuse, domestic turmoil, divorce, or racial injustice–well, look at the news headlines–you can plummet into mourning. What bears repeating is: 1. Grief does not follow a timeline. You may be struggling for a year. You may …[ read more ]

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      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 we have recognized we all sin and cannot redeem ourselves, we still must recognize our poverty of spirit. When we sin, when we're depressed, when our Christian witness is less than inspiring, we need to repent and turn back to Christ. There are probably… ...[ full story ]

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