by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
You may not remember a song from the 60’s titled, “Make It Easy on Yourself” but I thought of that song as I read some of Gary Thomas’s comments in his latest book The Beautiful Fight (which I highly recommend). After quoting 2 Peter 1:4 (we...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
We read in Scriptures a lot about glorifying God. My reading today of Isaiah 49:3 gives us a new angle on what that means: “And He saith to me, `My servant Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.” (‘Young’s Literal Translation).In other...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 17, 2008 | knowing and understanding God
As I’ve been studying Isaiah for a while now, it’s been fun to see some recurring themes. One of them is when God says that He is going to act so that someone/a nation will know Him. I love the idea that everything God does is motivated with His desire for...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 14, 2008 | surrender
It’s been interesting to recognize an example of entitlement in Audrey. (For a few postings, I’ve been writing about entitlement–check those first). I started giving her a bottle of water to put in her purse when she goes to the senior center each...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 10, 2008 | pruned
I was driving down Cook St. and the guy in front of me was going so SLOW!!!!!!!!!! Ack! I was impatient. What is he doing? I was really frustrated.Then I saw the police car on a side street. And I came alert and realized, “I’m driving by a school; the kids...
