by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 19, 2016 | anger, attitudes, blame, communication, compassion, God's love, love, marriage, relationships, unconditional love
We are talking about different ways to restore love in a marriage and displacement is the second way. Or I should say, recognizing displacement is the second way. When Larry and I were at odds, I didn’t realize this was...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 28, 2016 | assumptions, compassion, demands, love, loving, marriage, perseverance, prayer for others, pride, unconditional love
We are examining the theme of “When I get him to the altar, I’ll alter him.” Here’s manipulative myth #2:If you change, I can be assured you’ll never go back to your old habits. Tweet that!In all these myths, the motive is...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 9, 2016 | anger, blame, compassion, forgiveness, friendships, guilt, hope, pride, stress, tough love
It’s time for another book giveaway! I’m so excited to offer Christin Ditchfield’s latest book, What Women Should Know about Letting it Go: Breaking Free From the Power of Guilt, Discouragement, and Defeat. Read Christin’s excerpt from the book...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 22, 2015 | caregiving, caring, compassion, contentment, courage, dependence, God's love, helping, overwhelmed, overwhelmed feelings
As I visited with my friend who complained about everything going on in her life and all she felt compelled to do, I could sense she expected me to volunteer to help. My heart went out to her but I’d been trying to seek God’s will rather than respond to...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 6, 2015 | belief, caring, compassion, courage, demands, God's love, mercy, pain, prayer, prayer for others
You most likely have never done this. You receive a prayer request as an email about a friend’s very difficult situation. She is asking for prayer for deliverance from pain or the solution of a problem or restoration of a troubled relationship. And this is...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 8, 2014 | compassion, forgiveness, grace, guilt, longing for God, mercy, sin
One day I was trying to think of a way to illustrate the concept of “redemption” which is defined as: “To be bought back.” This story is what I came up with. Be assured that I’ve never spent time in jail or in prison–except in my...
