by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 20, 2012 | courage, encouragement, heaven, hope, hopelessness, obedience, temptation, trials
The older I become, the more aware I am of the passage of time. Not just, “Wow, this year is going so fast. It’s already August.” But the perspective of looking at my five-year-old grandson, Raffi, and thinking that some day (if the Lord tarries),...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 17, 2012 | fear, first love, love, perfectionism, unconditional love, worry
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netOne afternoon after I’d been a Christian for about five years, I drove home from church feeling downhearted. Why can’t I love God enough? I asked myself over and over again. I was afraid that if I didn’t love him “enough,” He would never...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 15, 2012 | self talk, self-protective sinful strategies, sin, temptation
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net”It’s actually easier to resist adultery than eating too much pie.”That’s what I wrote in a past post. The thought sprang into my mind and it seemed contrary to what I was writing at the time. But it seemed true...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 13, 2012 | demands, God's heart, sin, temptation, Trust
In my last post, I talked about how succumbing to my addiction of sugar is not a “small” sin, yet I overlook it because it doesn’t seem like there will be “big” consequences. But we talked about how there aren’t “big”...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 11, 2012 | God's heart, heart change, sin, temptation, trials, Trust
When I visit our daughter who lives near Seattle, Washington, I love walking in the mornings in nearby neighborhoods. During one walk, I noticed a street drain that had a little sign measuring about 3X5 inches near it that said, “The Puget Sound Starts...
