by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 1, 2017 | belief, beliefs, compassion, compliments, contentment, faith, faithfulness, fear of man, God's heart, God's love, humility, kindness, pride, procrastination, trust
A lot of us think humility means debasing ourselves, but being humble actually means acknowledging what God has done in our lives. The Greek word for humility originally was used by writers to communicate something negative: “groveling” or “abject.” But the Apostle...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 15, 2017 | anxiety, belief, beliefs, depression, encouragement, endurance, faithfulness, fear, freedom, glory to God, God's heart, knowing and understanding God, overwhelmed, praise, strength, stress, trials
I love featuring the writing of others when their words really speak to me. And that is certainly always true of the writings of Jean Wilund, whose blog “Join the Journey” I highly recommend. I love thinking, meditating, and talking about God’s...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 18, 2017 | anger, anxiety, assumptions, belief, beliefs, blame, compliments, contempt, contentment, fear of man, motives, people pleasing, perfect, perfection, perfectionism
Have you noticed how often we can say something like, “I don’t want to make her feel … sad…angry…left out…upset…” The possibilities are endless. As a result, we become very careful and try to figure out how to avoid...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 14, 2017 | abuse, belief, beliefs, Child Abuse Prevention Month, God's heart, health, homosexuality, hopelessness, mentoring, temptation, temptations, trials
Even after identifying myself as a sexual abuse survivor and learning about how to heal and help others heal, I was still startled when I met a man who was sexually abused. It hadn’t really hit me forcefully that not just girls and women are abused, but boys and...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 28, 2017 | anger, anger management, anxiety, belief, communication, God's heart, God's love, gpd, gratitude, knowing and understanding God, overwhelmed feelings, prayer, trust, worry
The winner of the book drawing for Dealing with the Elephant in the Room by Mike Bechtle is Mona!!!! Congratulations! I’ll email you. Although there weren’t comments on the blog post, I received several entrants through email, so Mona, I know you’ll...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 25, 2017 | anger, anger management, anxiety, belief, Child Abuse Prevention Month, children, conflict, contentment, faith, God's love, love, marriage, parenting, peace, trust, worry
For the explanation of my current series, go to the first installment: http://bit.ly/2nnCvFx Out of Control: A Christian Parent’s Victorious Struggle with Child Abuse A Memoir by Kathy Collard Miller Chapter 19 In Control December 3rd November stepped aside to make...
