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...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 26, 2015 | God's heart, God's love, perfection, perfectionism, position in Christ, unconditional love
In my last post, I talked about our inheritance in Christ. For me, Colossians 2:10 is one of the most meaningful elements of my inheritance in Christ: “In Him you have been made complete.” That word “complete” carries with it the idea of being...
