by Kathy Collard Miller | May 23, 2014 | faith, faithfulness, health, helping, pain, procrastination, strength
Congratulations to Jeanie whose name was drawn for the copy of Carol Burton McLeod’s book No More Ordinary. Thank you to everyone who submitted their name. Jeanie: please email me with your mailing address (kathyspeak at aol dot com).I didn’t know I would...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 1, 2013 | anxiety, beliefs, deception, dependence, faith, pain, worry
Drum roll!!!!! Ta Da…the winner of Kathi Lipp’s book Praying God’s Word for Your Life is….Heather! Congratulations, Heather. I know you’ll love this book. To everyone else who put their name in the drawing, thank you so much for doing...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 26, 2013 | assumptions, faith, pain
Are you like me? Sometimes you pass the test and sometimes you don’t? In reading in I Kings 17, I recently saw with new eyes someone who went from trusting God to abandoning that trust. The story is familiar, but read it with me:”Then the word of the Lord...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 13, 2012 | anxiety, assumptions, attitude, deception, demands, opened eyes, overwhelmed feelings, pain, people pleasing, perseverance, self-protective sinful strategies, SPSS
The Lord continues to show me the areas of my life where I require formulas for security. These formulas become idols because I’m depending upon the formula rather than in abiding in Jesus and walking in obedience moment by moment as the Spirit leads. Jesus...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 13, 2012 | pain, repentance, self-protective sinful strategies, SPSS, surrender
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netIn my last post, I talked about how experiences, especially traumatic or painful ones, create hyper-vigilance and self-protection. It most likely won’t surprise you to hear I had a traumatic experience in junior high....
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 24, 2011 | holiness, pain, something difficult
My daughter, Darcy, and I were talking about my brother’s illness and she said something profound, “God is a multi-tasker.” We had been talking about how God has been working in each of our lives in different and unique ways because of Chuck’s...
