by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 31, 2010 | longing for God
After I wrote in my last post about being in a cocoon of God’s love and enjoying God’s presence, I thought, “How did that actually happen? What caused it?” I had to think back to that last session at the conference. And I remembered that the...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 27, 2010 | longing for God
Does “longing” for God sometimes seem like an unclear, ethereal, out-there-and-not-accessible kind of spiritual exercise? This morning as I opened the refrigerator and saw the chocolate covered donuts my wonderful husband had bought sitting pretty on the...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 25, 2010 | book review, self talk
If you’ve heard me speak about self-talk, you know that I pass out rubber bands for everyone to put on their wrists to snap if they think something that is not true about them–from God’s perspective. Women have always given me good feedback about how...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 23, 2010 | fasting, temptation
(This is a third post on the theme of fasting from sugar.)I’ve fasted from sugar several times in the past. One time, I didn’t have any obvious sugar for a year. (I say “obvious” because ketchup has sugar in it and I ate things like that.) I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 19, 2010 | Bible reading, fasting
When Larry and I decided to go out to dinner yesterday, my first thought was, “Oh, good, I’ll get some dessert.” Then I remembered my commitment to no sugar and was disappointed.But then I remembered the point of my fast: to take that passion for...
