by Kathy Collard Miller | May 24, 2013 | faith, faithfulness, joy, perfectionism, perseverance, unconditional love
We’ve been talking on the theme of “little by little.” I love knowing that God’s patience allows us to grow in our sanctification “little by little.” He’s not impatient with us when it takes us time to overcome our...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 12, 2012 | courage, God's heart, kindness, love, tough love, unconditional love
TA-DA! The winner of the drawing for Designed for Devotion, the new book by Dianne Neal Matthews is Karen!!!!! Congratulations, Karen, I know you’re doing to love it. And thank you everyone for putting in your names.I know you’ve had the experience of...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 17, 2012 | fear, first love, love, perfectionism, unconditional love, worry
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netOne afternoon after I’d been a Christian for about five years, I drove home from church feeling downhearted. Why can’t I love God enough? I asked myself over and over again. I was afraid that if I didn’t love him “enough,” He would never...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 3, 2012 | anger, contempt, holiness, love, procrastination, self talk, self-protective sinful strategies, unconditional love
Larry and I were promised a refund from a Christian company for a service they were unable to provide. Over a six month time period, I tried to prompt them to actually send the refund but there were excuses after excuses or else, “It’s in the mail.”...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 26, 2012 | faith, grace, holiness, love, unconditional love
Are you ready for the third empowering way to love well? (Read my previous two posts for the other two ways). I Timothy 1:5 gives it to us: “a sincere faith.” At first I wondered how faith figures in with giving love for the benefit of the other...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 24, 2012 | beliefs, blame, holiness, love, obedience, unconditional love
We’re looking at I Timothy 1:5 for instruction on being able to love well: “But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.” I defined “loving well” as being able to love with pure...
