by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 26, 2017 | anxiety, overwhelmed, stress, thanksgiving, Trust, truth, worry
I headed out on my jog, eyeing the storm clouds that threatened rain above me. Oh, I so want to run, and I can’t run tomorrow. I’ve got to do it right now even if it rains. But by the time I’d run a mile, the drops started and got bigger and bigger. Oh! I’m so...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 5, 2016 | contentment, faith, freedom, giving, gratitude, people pleasing, thanks, thanksgiving
Here’s a third post on the topic of identifying the blocks to gratitude as Hebrews 13:5-6 refers to. Here’s verse 6: “I will not fear; what can man do to me?” This part of those verses refers to a third lie blocking our gratitude. God...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 1, 2016 | contentment, God's heart, God's love, gratitude, mercy, thanks, thanksgiving
We are looking again at Hebrews 13:5-6 and the truths it shares with us that lead us to greater gratitude: “be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 13, 2016 | Easter, God's heart, God's love, love, mercy, salvation, studying Bible, thanks, thanksgiving, thirst for God, Trust
This morning as I read and meditated on Matthew 27:40, I began to cry.You know the scene. Jesus is on the cross: And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 1, 2015 | forgiveness, freedom, hope, knowing and understanding God, perfection, perfectionism, salvation, self-protective sinful strategies, shame, sin, thanks, thanksgiving
At the end of this post, I’ll tell you how someone will receive a birthday gift in a drawing. It’s my spiritual birthday! (Tweet that!) As a child, I believed I needed to perform perfectly in order to earn God’s love and approval, along with the...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 15, 2014 | assumptions, beliefs, God's heart, God's love, guidance, thanksgiving, truth, voice of God
James I. Packer wrote, “What makes life worth while is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance; and this the Christian has in a way that no other man has. For what higher, more exalted, and more...