by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 21, 2012 | dependence, God's questions, guidance, humility, knowing and understanding God, lies, obedience, pruned, repentance, sovereignty, SPSS, surrender, truth
Do you sometimes recognize in yourself a resistant heart to the Lord? Or maybe it’s even as strong as a hard heart? I know that I’ve been convicted of that and I’m grieved by it. At the time, it’s seems impossible to change my heart. At times,...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 11, 2012 | caregiving, contempt, deception, holiness, idols, lies, people pleasing, self-protective sinful strategies
(Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanz. Located in Milan, Italy) Well, are you hanging in here with me? Facing our self-protective sinful strategies can be hard work because it seems so threatening. And maybe it even feels like I’m being picky. Or...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 17, 2012 | God's questions, holiness, lies, Trust, truth
Lately I’ve been fascinated as I’ve studied the questions God asks in the Scriptures. Considering that God knows everything, it’s interesting that He asked any questions at all. After all, He knows the intentions of every heart. So why did He ask...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 24, 2012 | holiness, hope, hopelessness, lies, sin, temptation
As the Lord recently made me aware of a needed correction in my life, I was caught up short by realizing the change in my reaction from years ago. I didn’t feel condemned. I didn’t feel any contempt from God. There wasn’t any hopelessness. In the...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 15, 2010 | holiness, lies
Sometimes God’s purifying work is harder when it’s a “little sin” rather than a “big” one. Sometimes it feels like we have the major things under control and God starts using his spiritual broom to sweep into the corners to push out...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 17, 2008 | assumptions, holiness, lies, SPSS
A few posts back, I wrote about my family telling me that my pancakes were burned. Last week I cooked some cookies and consciously made an effort to retrain my eyes to see the cookies different. What I had previously just called “browned,” I began to see,...
