by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 1, 2010 | blessings, love, prayer, prayer for others
My friend, Joanie Rich, recently gave me a definition of “to bless:” “to bless is to ask God to interfere, to take action in one’s life, to bring them to the desired relationship with Himself so that they are fully blessed and fully...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 24, 2010 | pain, position in Christ
Next month, Larry and I will celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary and I’m very excited that we’ll be celebrating on a Hawaiian Islands cruise. So I’m getting things ready so that I can really relax. I’ve already started cooking our meals and...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 17, 2010 | God's heart, marriage, motives, parenting
As I talk to women at parenting seminars or at women retreats, when I suggest something like a discipline technique to train their child or a “make marriage better” idea, I frequently hear, “I tried that, it doesn’t work.” When we try...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 9, 2010 | faith, obedience
The lake at our golf course is home to several ducks. A few weeks ago, the momma duck showed up with 14 ducklings. We’d never seen that big of a brood. We’ve been fascinated to see the obedience of those ducklings. They are responsive to every little...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 4, 2010 | people pleasing
In 2 Samuel 1, I read about an Amalekite who brought Saul’s crown to David, claiming that he had assisted in killing Saul–at Saul’s command. David had the man killed.”Wow!” I thought. That’s a pretty stiff penalty for doing what...
