by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 25, 2009 | encouragement, endurance, pain, Psalm 27
As I’ve continued to meditate on Psalm 27, I’m struck by how Psalmist David does say he wants only to focus on the Lord but he spends most of the Psalm bringing his concerns to the Lord. He cries out to the Lord for deliverance and protection. For...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 22, 2009 | fasting, pain
An interesting thought sprang into my mind the other day and I’ve been mulling it over. “Pain is a kind of fast.” Hmmm. Interesting.Normally, we think of fasting from food. The purpose of the abstaining from food (among many purposes) is to remind us...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 20, 2009 | pain
My friend, Gail Wolfe, passed along these words by Ken Wiggers who contracted malaria while serving as a missionary in Papua New Guinea and later had lymphoma (see more of his story at the end of this post). He says, “I’m reluctant to inform folks of physical...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 17, 2009 | heaven, hope, hopelessness, pain
Larry and I have been sad that his 93-year-old mom, Audrey, has forgotten what heaven is. She has Lewy Body Dementia and has deteriorated to the point that she doesn’t know who we are, can never remember that she lives here, and is now actually forgetting how to...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 16, 2009 | obedience, pain
I’m in much less pain after my spinal injection and very grateful to God to be off the narcotic pain meds. But I still can’t sit.But when I lay down I’m not in as much pain and I’m more comfortable. But I still can’t sit.I walk with more...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 14, 2009 | pain
This morning I went in for my first spinal injection. Several weeks ago when I was scheduled for the shot, they mentioned I could get sedation along with it. It wouldn’t put you out nor take away the pain but it eases anxiety. Right then I decided I would get...
