by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 16, 2018 | atheists, evangelism, justice, knowing and understanding God, lies, overwhelmed, overwhelmed feelings, people pleasing, perfection, perfectionism, position in Christ, Pure-Hearted
Just like Adam and Eve, we try to dress ourselves with the spiritual fig leaves of performance. But hear them ripping? I tried to prevent my fig leaves from ripping by keeping track of my good deeds and bad deeds on an imaginary scale of justice. After all, I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 6, 2015 | forgiveness, hope, hopelessness, justice, psalms, shame, sin, unconditional love
Declared Innocent! My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;–1 John 2:1 (NRSV) Wouldn’t you love to be represented in court by the best...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 11, 2015 | courage, encouragement, God's love, justice, longing for God
In a recent post I wrote about the ministry of Tiffany Darling and the theme of adoption. Being adopted is more than just being placed into a family. It is what enables a new family member to be considered a full adult heir. And that certainly applies to our adoption...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 15, 2013 | anger, deception, justice
We hear often that Christians shouldn’t judge and we are indeed told not to judge. But we forget the instruction to correct others found in 2 Timothy 2:24-25:But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels. The Lord’s...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 21, 2013 | blame, contempt, courage, fear, fear of man, forgiveness, holiness, justice
Now, it’s time to focus on what Joseph’s brothers experienced. For the past several posts, we’ve been looking at how God wanted to bring healing to Joseph’s childhood wounds and He wanted to bring forgiveness to Joseph’s brothers’s...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 17, 2013 | anger, justice
First an update on Larry’s health. God graciously and generously protected Larry and since all the heart tests came back clear, the doctor is thinking it’s stomach or something like GERD related. Larry will follow up with his doctor. We are very grateful...
