by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 12, 2015 | Bible reading, contentment, joy, love, obedience, peace, position in Christ, salvation
Maybe Lydia’s story happened like this. Lydia’s arrived at the riverside and greeted the other women. They were a varied lot from different backgrounds, but their desire to seek God was their common bond. Because Philippi didn’t have the required ten...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 9, 2015 | abuse, beliefs, compliments, contempt, glory to God, God's love, gratitude, humility, knowing and understanding God, lies, regrets, self talk, shame
Growing up, I didn’t like my body. I was too tall. I was teased about being too skinny (I know! Don’t laugh!). I was so sensitive about my body that I always wore a sweater to school regardless of how hot it was. I wanted to be covered up. And...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 6, 2015 | forgiveness, hope, hopelessness, justice, psalms, shame, sin, unconditional love
Declared Innocent! My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;–1 John 2:1 (NRSV) Wouldn’t you love to be represented in court by the best...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 2, 2015 | abuse, attitudes, beliefs, contentment, giving, glory to God, perfection, perfectionism, temptations
We had a great time that weekend but if I’d known there was an unexpected award ribbon at the end, I would have done things differently! The girls’ club that I belonged to as a teenager was lots of fun and our annual weekend in the mountains was...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 29, 2015 | beliefs, contentment, courage, glory to God, God's heart, guidance, joy, lies, obedience
Although this is late in coming, (I’m sorry), the winner of the blog challenge with Dana Rausch (www.applyyourheart.com) is Marcia! Congratulations, Marcia! I know you’ll enjoy the books!First Corinthians 10:31 says to “do everything for the glory of...