by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 10, 2017 | anger, anxiety, freedom, fruit of the Spirit, grandparenting, hopelessness, overwhelmed feelings, parenting
Did you already put your name into the Give-Away Drawing for Raising a Young Modern-Day Princess by Doreen Hanna and Karen Whiting that was in my previous blog post? Don’t miss it! Now, let’s think about parental anger. One of the very helpful things I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 17, 2017 | courage, encouragement, godly sorrow, grief, hope, overwhelmed feelings, regrets, strength
Have you ever killed your heart? (Tweet that!) I did, forty-one years ago, as if I’d shot it with a 12-gauge shotgun. In the middle of the night of January 15, 1976, I was sleeping soundly when the phone rang. I answered and my sister, Karen, whispered with a...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 27, 2016 | overwhelmed feelings, perseverance, relationships, temptation, temptations, trials
It’s no fun to be tempted. It’s stressful and the potential for destruction in any number of ways haunts us. Relationships can be destroyed. Businesses can be lost. Addictions can ruin families. There are innumerable ways to be tempted. Succumbing to any temptation is...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 22, 2015 | caregiving, caring, compassion, contentment, courage, dependence, God's love, helping, overwhelmed, overwhelmed feelings
As I visited with my friend who complained about everything going on in her life and all she felt compelled to do, I could sense she expected me to volunteer to help. My heart went out to her but I’d been trying to seek God’s will rather than respond to...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 27, 2015 | anger, beliefs, book review, friendships, knowing and understanding God, marriage, motives, obedience, overwhelmed feelings, relationships
I’m very excited to invite you to put your name into a drawing to win 7 Simple Skills for Every Woman: Success in Keeping Everything Together by Pam Farrel (Tweet that!) Every woman should have this book and I’m so glad I can offer a copy to the...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 27, 2014 | encouragement, knowing and understanding God, obedience, overwhelmed feelings, protect, wisdom
I reached up to touch my ear lobe and felt the space that should have held my earring. Then I felt my other ear lobe and confirmed the matching earring was there. Oh no, my cubic zirconia post is missing. I tried to rehearse the morning but couldn’t...
