by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 15, 2012 | encouragement, holiness, relationships, something difficult
Disappointment is a regularly accepted experience. Don’t we easily say, “I was disappointed that she didn’t call”? Or “I was disappointed when the delivery man didn’t show up”? It could be a zillion things that happen each...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 8, 2012 | grace, something difficult, thanksgiving, trials
Today was a very normal day.Today was a very un-unusal day.Today was a very blessed day.My four-year-old grandson, Raphael, doesn’t have a brain tumor, brain damage, or any kind of “unusual.” Today could have been a totally different kind of day if...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 24, 2011 | holiness, pain, something difficult
My daughter, Darcy, and I were talking about my brother’s illness and she said something profound, “God is a multi-tasker.” We had been talking about how God has been working in each of our lives in different and unique ways because of Chuck’s...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 22, 2011 | God's heart, something difficult, temptation
I visited my brother Chuck in the hospital yesterday. He was diagnosed with Light Chain Myeloma today which is a cancer of the blood. He’s in extreme pain because the disease has created bone fractures in his spine. He’ll have spine surgery later this week...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 25, 2008 | something difficult
I took my neighbor’s 3-year-old daughter to our community pool. Of course, the cement around the pool was very hot. Her mommy had sent shoes appropriate to wear in the water but of course Hannah didn’t want to wear them. So every time she got out of the...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 31, 2008 | something difficult
Larry and I recently talked with a woman who is unhappy that the first year of her marriage has been so hard. When we indicated that things can take a long time to get better, she said, “But it’s been a year!”I couldn’t decide whether I wanted...
