by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 28, 2010 | hope, pain
Have you ever been so discouraged that you didn’t think life was worthwhile and maybe not even worth living? I’ve only experienced that depth of despair, helplessness, and hopelessness a few times in my life. And most recently, it was when I was in so much...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 27, 2010 | devotional book
Walking Through Postpartum Depression is written by Judy Dippel and I recommend it. It is both an instructional workbook and a write-in Bible study and self-examination to help a new mom deal with feelings of lostness, lack of identity, loss of hope, and a lack of...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 25, 2010 | devotional book
Faith Deployed: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives is an excellent bookthat covers just about every concern that a military wife could think of. The devotionals compact a lot into pithy, short 2-3 pages on subjects like jealousy, being still and seeking God,...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 24, 2010 | Lewy Body Dementia, pain, parenting
I’ve spent some of this afternoon reflecting on the life of my mother-in-law Audrey who entered the gates of heaven Friday morning after suffering from Lewy -Body Dementia for the last five years of her 93 years. I’m envisioning her being so thrilled to be...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 22, 2010 | hope
As we continue our examination of the word “hope” in the Bible, we’ll be continuing to see it used a lot in the book of Job. And that certainly seems appropriate. For that Bible book is all about hope: first the hopelessness of Job because of loss and grief and...