by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 22, 2021 | faith, fear of man, humility, people pleasing, temptation
What are you depending upon? Is Jesus involved? It’s so easy to think we are including Jesus when we might not be. Those thoughts brought back memories of years ago when we were caring for Larry’s elderly mother who had dementia. Audrey was 90 at the time....
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 16, 2020 | Bible reading, Bible study, prophecy fulfilled, studying Bible, surrender, temptation, Trust, truth, women of the Bible, worry
Did your family ever say, “Don’t tell Mom. She’ll worry!” Unfortunately, ours did. We thought it was a wise thing to do, but in reality, it was a subtle form of manipulation. Whenever I think of that sinful strategy, I think of the biblical...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 21, 2018 | anxiety, beliefs, faith, God's heart, God's love, holiness, knowing and understanding God, love, Pure-Hearted, temptation, temptations, Trust, way of escape
Yesterday morning at 6 a.m., as I walked home from our neighborhood work-out room, I felt drained by the unusual humidity along with the 90-degree temperature. Tomorrow morning, I’ll have to drive the car. And then the most delicious thought entered my mind. After I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 14, 2017 | abuse, belief, beliefs, Child Abuse Prevention Month, God's heart, health, hopelessness, mentoring, temptation, temptations, trials
Even after identifying myself as a sexual abuse survivor and learning about how to heal and help others heal, I was still startled when I met a man who was sexually abused. It hadn’t really hit me forcefully that not just girls and women are abused, but boys and...
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 | Aug 25, 2016 | abuse, anger, beliefs, book review contentment, children, depression, God's love, grandparenting, hope, lies, marriage, obedience, parenting, prayer, temptation, temptations
I’m delaying the fourth installment of “Restoring Love” so that I can let you know about my story, “I Don’t Really Want to Hurt My Child” being featured on the Vision61 website. Vision61 is a ministry of hope for hurting people...
