by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 15, 2010 | hope, pain
I’m sure every one of us has felt at one time or another like God is stripping us of that which isn’t truly important. In Job 19:10, Job describes it this way, “He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.”...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 26, 2010 | hope, pain
I received a very kind email from a friend who I had updated on my condition. Although my pain is minimal, I told her, I still can’t sit without increasing my pain. She replied saying that while in the Valley of Wait I can remember that “This too will pass.” I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 20, 2010 | hope, justice, pain
Our next encounter with the word “hope” is still in Job. (Don’t worry, we’ll get out of Job eventually!) But considering what Job went through, of all people, he definitely was in need of hope. And in Job 14, he speaks of hope twice. He turns his attention...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 13, 2010 | hope
Our next entry of “hope” in the Bible is found in Job 13:15: “Though He slay me,I will hope in Him…”Wow! Job sounds pretty solid. Until we continue reading…“…Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.This also will be my salvation,For a...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 4, 2010 | health, hope
(I’m taking a survey of the word “hope” in the Bible. Check for other posts on this topic).When next we see the word “hope” used, it is fast on the heels of where we left off. Right after Zophar chastises Job, he continues in Job 11:20, “But...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 29, 2010 | hope, pain
Yesterday, I wrote about reaching the end of my rope in the midst of pain. Today, I was continuing my reading in Catherine Martin’s excellent book, Drawing Strength from the Names of God, and the Lord gave me a new insight about how He provides for us when we...
