by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 4, 2009 | God's heart, Raphael
I know the verses about God delighting in us but since God doesn’t need us or anything/anyone, somehow it seems different that we could make God happy. Almost as if in order for someone to derive happiness from someone, they need them. And since God...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 26, 2009 | God's heart, love
When our 18-month-old grandson Raphael visited a few weeks ago, I loved playing the game of “chase.” But Raphael made a new kind of game, “Chase and Catch.” As I crawled on my hands and knees toward him, chasing him, every once in a while...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 22, 2008 | God's heart
I was reading Isaiah 36:3 in the Young’s Literal Translation, and it mentioned “Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer.” I was caught short by that word, “remembrancer.” Other translations use the word “historian” or...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 11, 2008 | God's heart, knowing and understanding God
I currently am asking a lot, “God, what does this show me about you?” I’m especially asking that question as we care for someone who wants to die and yet God chooses to have her live. And that’s in contrast to a family from our area whose 21...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 9, 2008 | caregiving, God's heart
Darcy and I were talking about Psalm 103 and it reminded me of one of my favorite verses in that chapter, verse 7: “He made known His ways to Moses; His acts to the sons of Israel.”When I first studied that verse, I thought, “what is the difference...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 16, 2008 | God's heart, holiness
I’m continuing my study of Isaiah and found an interesting idea in Isaiah 29:3: “I will camp against you encircling you, And I will set siegeworks against you, And I will raise up battle towers against you.”God through Isaiah’s prediction is...
