by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 13, 2010 | pain, surrender
Last evening, a football player was interviewed after his winning game and admitted that he was hurt and in pain from an injury. They played a piece showing him running and he commented, “Yeah, I was running at...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 24, 2010 | pain, position in Christ
Next month, Larry and I will celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary and I’m very excited that we’ll be celebrating on a Hawaiian Islands cruise. So I’m getting things ready so that I can really relax. I’ve already started cooking our meals and...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 2, 2010 | hope, pain
Oh Lord, is the journey of pain coming to a real end? I feel normal so much of the time now and am only taking two Alleve and a pain patch on the back of my thigh when I know I’m going to be sitting a lot. I’m a little amazed. I’m a lot amazed. I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 23, 2010 | hope, pain
(If you haven’t read yesterday’s blog post, please read first.)Yesterday, after posting, I took another one of my short walks and looked again at the sign. I realized I’d misquoted, or I should say, left out some of the words. The sign actually says,...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 22, 2010 | hope, pain
As I took a short walk this morning, a tear escaped down my cheek because I was feeling sorry for myself. Last week I somehow did something that set me back five steps in my recovery from back surgery. I’d been in increased pain and only able to be out of pain...
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.”...