by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 30, 2014 | anxiety, caregiving, courage, encouragement, faith, fear, knowing and understanding God, strength, stress
Every time I walk past my neighbor’s yard, I notice this little tree that produces such big fruit. Who would expect that something little could produce something big? I think we all can feel “little” sometimes and wonder if God can produce...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 27, 2014 | encouragement, knowing and understanding God, obedience, overwhelmed feelings, protect, wisdom
I reached up to touch my ear lobe and felt the space that should have held my earring. Then I felt my other ear lobe and confirmed the matching earring was there. Oh no, my cubic zirconia post is missing. I tried to rehearse the morning but couldn’t...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 25, 2014 | Christmas, God's heart, joy, love, purposes
Merry Christmas! How I pray this special day is meaningful as you celebrate our beloved Savior’s birth. That very fact can become ho-hum; not “ho, ho, ho.” But ho-hum because I’m taking it for granted and it easily becomes about the gifts,...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 24, 2014 | Christmas, faith, love
I’m pleased to give you a gift of a Christmas poem written by my friend and editor, Steph Beth Nickel.Enjoy and have a Blessed Christmas!Christmas GreetingBy Steph Beth Nickel’Twas the day before Christmas and all through the land,The people were traveling, some...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 21, 2014 | beliefs, Christmas, giving
(Here’s a rerun blog post).The first Christmas Larry and I were dating (we were 18), I went over to his house and noticed he had one present under the three. “Oh, you get all your presents on Christmas morning?” I asked.”What do you...