by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 26, 2011 | grace, thanksgiving, trials
Out and about on errands, I suddenly craved a diet soda. I spied a hamburger fast-food restaurant and headed for it–when I also spied a homeless man sitting on a block wall holding a hand-printed sign. I couldn’t read the sign but immediately felt the...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 4, 2011 | book review, trials, Trust
If you want to trust God more, especially in the dark places of life, the new book by Linda Evans Shepherd is for you. And don’t we all want to trust God more? When You Can’t Find God: How to Ignite the Power of His Presence (Revell, 2011) is her newest...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 15, 2010 | longing for God, trials, Trust
Here’s a link for reading my recent article published in Decision Magazine. It’s entitled, “How to Survive in the Furnace of Adversity.” I hope it will encourage you. It’s about my 10-month journey in pain. But I trust you’ll find...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 7, 2009 | purposes, trials
(Be sure to read this all the way through so I’m not misunderstood.)Several weeks ago, as we prepared for daughter Darcy and 22-month-old grandson Raphael to arrive, we laid out on the floor all the knives we could find and put ant poisoning in a dish for...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 22, 2009 | trials, Trust
The disciples were being blown off the lake–actually, they were afraid they wouldn’t be blown to shore but that they would die when their boat capsized. The storm must have been the worst they’d ever experienced because these experienced and hardened...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 5, 2008 | strategy, trials
I thought, “I wonder how much longer Audrey is going to live. I think if I knew I could be more patient.”OUCH! It suddenly hit me what was happening. I’m thinking I could be more patient because I would be gritting my teeth, just waiting for the...