by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 28, 2015 | Easter, God's love, heaven, love, unconditional love
Because of the Lenten Season anticipating the Passion and then resurrection of Jesus, I was mediating on what Jesus said “no” to because of being here on earth. He said “no” to the delights of his home, heaven. Those thoughts seem very...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 25, 2015 | faith, heart change, holiness, people pleasing, self-protective sinful strategies, sin, stress, Trust
Here’s one of my husband, Larry’s, stories in our book:I, Larry, remember as a child in Sunday School protecting myself from the ridicule of others about my poor public reading skills. It would just kill me when the teacher would have the group read a...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 21, 2015 | God's love, godly sorrow, heart change, holiness, love
Several years ago, a friend passed along confidential information about us and we were hurt. It initially felt “right” to wallow in our pain and we wanted to strike out in anger. But then we rehearsed how we could choose to have godly sorrow instead.When someone sins...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 18, 2015 | anger, heart change, holiness, love, Trust
(Thanks to my husband, Larry, who shared this in our new book, Never Ever Be the Same: A New You Starts Today.)As Christians we have no rights and entitlements. We can only rightfully claim the promise of our inheritances in Christ and any other promises...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 14, 2015 | faith, heart change, holiness, love, Trust
Have you ever considered your trials and found comfort through thinking, “This too will pass”? That phrase sounds benign enough but I’m wondering if it leaves out God in some way. Because, at least for me, it supports in my heart an attitude of “I’ll just grin and...
