by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 12, 2014 | abuse, anger, attitudes, blame, contempt, marriage, motives, relationships, sin
Do you live with an angry person? Or do you know an angry person whom you must have lots of contact with? It can be a very hard place to be. Do you feel like you’re walking on eggshells afraid of the next angry outburst or their hardened heart of silence? I was...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 24, 2014 | anger, assumptions, attitude, blame, contempt, love, peace
Do you have a mental script? My husband, Larry, and I recently bought plane tickets to go to our speaking engagements in China in September. We were trying to figure out our seat locations by talking over the phone with a travel agent who had a very thick...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 15, 2014 | beliefs, blame, truth
Back in the days before the internet, many of us depended upon encyclopedias to find information. And one of the most respected ones was the Encyclopaedia Britannica. We knew we would find accurate information because we trusted the book’s integrity and...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 26, 2014 | anxiety, blame, fear, forgiveness, people pleasing, perfectionism, regrets, worry
Here’s a second idea for dealing with regrets: “Remember But Forgive.” The key is to forgive. Forgive ourselves and forgive others. No, we may not be able to forget, but we can forgive. Rick Warren writes, “We are products of our past, but we...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 24, 2014 | anxiety, blame, doubt, fear, knowing and understanding God, worry
Someone has said, “If you have one eye on yesterday and another eye on tomorrow, you’ll look at today cross-eyed.” That’s what regrets do to us. We are so focused on the past that we can’t focus on the present. Until recently, I never recognized having regrets as a...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 10, 2014 | beauty, blame, glory to God, heaven, knowing and understanding God
A few posts ago, I featured Jude 1:24. As I’ve continued to meditate on this powerful verse, I’ve thought more about that word “present.” Here it is in context: “Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you...
