by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 28, 2016 | compliments, contempt, contentment, glory to God, God's heart, God's love, gratitude, heart change, holiness, people pleasing, perfection, perfectionism
Thanksgiving Day has passed and we’ve all been reminded to be grateful for the many blessings we enjoy. I was reading Hebrews 13:5-6 in preparation for a heart of gratitude and the passage refers to contentment. And if you think about it, contentment is tied...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 23, 2016 | anxiety, beliefs, blame, contempt, demands, heart change, holiness, Lewy Body Dementia, Never Ever Be the Same, perfection, perfectionism, temptations
I have long struggled with criticizing myself because my efforts and time spent feel like I’m never doing enough. I compare myself to other mothers, wives, writers, and speakers. I think, “Look at all they are doing and I’m not.” As a recovering perfectionist, if I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 2, 2016 | blame, communication, compassion, encouragement, guilt, holiness, hopelessness, intimacy, love, loving, marriage, relationships, unconditional love
I’m titling this post “Fifth–and Last–Way to Restore Love” but of course we know there are many others I’m not covering here. But one I do want to include is: don’t major on the...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 19, 2015 | armor of God, courage, heart change, holiness, hope, sin, temptation
I’d like to spend several posts talking about how to resist temptation. Here’s the first one. Did you know temptation questions God’s command? My husband, Larry, looked through his binoculars and spoke into his police radio, “Rick, see the man with...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 11, 2015 | faith, heart change, holiness, self talk, self-protective sinful strategies, Trust
As each of us travel a new road of greater commitment to the Lord, we became aware of reactions in our lives that Larry and I began to call the “Railroad Tracks Syndrome.” This is when we say we believe one thing (usually the biblical, godly way) but our behavior...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 5, 2015 | heart change, holiness
Do we love others or do we love others well? All of us love imperfectly. But loving “well” means we love a person for their benefit rather than what it does for us or how it makes us look. We’re not talking about perfection but we are talking about desiring...
