by Kathy Collard Miller | May 6, 2017 | anger, deception, obedience, overwhelmed feelings, passion, perseverance, pleasure, regrets, sexiness, shame, sin, temptation, temptations, values
I don’t want to write this but I think God wants me to because He’s been bugging me and He keeps bringing it to mind. I don’t want to write about what I wanted when Larry and I were dating. It’s embarrassing. It was an evening when Larry and I were watching...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 16, 2016 | Bible reading, sin, studying Bible
Drum Roll! In last week’s drawing for Christin Ditchfield’s new book What Women Should Know About Letting It Go, the winner is: (wait for it!): Joanie Cain. Congratulations, Joanie! I know you’ll love her book. Please email your mailing address to...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 17, 2015 | anxiety, faith, first love, forgiveness, gratitude, hope, Isaiah, sin, strength
When I came across Isaiah 44:22, my brain just couldn’t comprehend it. It seemed as unclear and blocked from my understanding as the mist it described. Here’s the verse: I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 24, 2015 | anxiety, beliefs, courage, endurance, faith, forgiveness, grace, heaven, marriage, obedience, position in Christ, protect, sin
We women long for security. For many of us, that was why we longed to be married. It seemed that marriage would give us the security we craved. As wonderful as marriage can be if you’re in a secure-feeling marriage, what’s more important is the sense of...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 16, 2015 | abuse, anger, be made willing, children, freedom, glory to God, guidance, sin
As I tried to think of a good question to ask a group of women for a sharing time, an idea popped into my brain: “Looking back over your life, share one or two things God did that defied human logic–whether it seemed ‘good’ or ‘bad’...
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...