by Kathy Collard Miller | May 21, 2012 | compassion, faith, heart change, holiness, knowing and understanding God, love, marriage, obedience, unconditional love
Do you love your spouse? Do you love your child? Do you love your best friend? I’m sure you said “yes” to each question. Of course. But here’s another way to ask: Do you love your spouse well? Do you love your child well? Do you love your best...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 21, 2012 | grace, holiness, knowing and understanding God, unconditional love
Wouldn’t it be fun to repent because of pleasure? Doesn’t that sound attractive? A wonderful motivation?It certainly was a strange and amazing thought to me when I read John Piper’s idea of that in his book, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals. (Even...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 23, 2012 | encouragement, godly sorrow, love, unconditional love
This is love!When I read this article by Joe Carter on the The Gospel Coalition website, I wanted to shout, “This is love! This is Jesus’s kind of love!” And what a wonderful message that reminds all of us not to respond in kind, but to respond with...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 13, 2012 | grace, unconditional love
I arrived at our local regional park prepared with the six quarters necessary for the machine that controlled the mechanical arm blocking the way to the entrance of the park. I deposited the six quarters and looked forward anticipating the mechanical arm to raise....
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 7, 2011 | godly sorrow, holiness, love, unconditional love
In an earlier post, I asked you to think about biblical stories of godly sorrow. You’ll remember that godly sorrow can be defined as grieving over another’s sin and desiring their repentance. It most often includes giving grace and mercy to the person who...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 4, 2011 | God's heart, love, unconditional love
I promised you a second application to knowing God’s ways but it’s not really about God. It’s about the heart of those you know. To review, I received a message from a friend on Facebook encouraging me to click on a link to find out who was visiting...
