by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 4, 2017 | belief, beliefs, caregiving, fruit of the Spirit, mentoring, Never Ever Be the Same, sanctification, self talk, self-protective sinful strategies, spiritual gifts, stress, tough love, Trust, truth, worry
Are you starting a new mentoring or lay counseling kind of connection? Do you want to help another or yourself evaluate your spiritual health? (Tweet that!) I use these 13 questions to start. After I hear the woman’s answers (and of course write them down), over...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 30, 2017 | caregiving, dementia, grace, gratitude, Lewy Body Dementia, trials, Trust, truth
Several years ago, my husband, Larry, and I cared for his mother, Audrey, who had Lewy-Body Dementia. It was a rough road. In the beginning, she could still live in her own place with meals delivered to her. But then she became more confused and had...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 26, 2017 | anxiety, overwhelmed, stress, thanksgiving, Trust, truth, worry
I headed out on my jog, eyeing the storm clouds that threatened rain above me. Oh, I so want to run, and I can’t run tomorrow. I’ve got to do it right now even if it rains. But by the time I’d run a mile, the drops started and got bigger and bigger. Oh! I’m so...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 22, 2017 | anger, Bible reading, contempt, contentment, love, marriage, people pleasing, self talk, studying Bible, women of the Bible
Any of us can be tempted by discontentment. Just ask Leah, one of the many women in the Bible. She is a very needy woman who puts her sense of worth into her husband’s hands. From the very beginning, she is considered the inferior sister to her favored younger...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 18, 2017 | Bible reading, encouragement, God's heart, God's love, knowing and understanding God, truth, voice of God
Remember Martha and Mary? Of course we all do. And remember Jesus’ words to Martha? “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her”...
