by Kathy Collard Miller | May 21, 2023 | anger, anxiety
When Is Anxiety Sinful? Imagine for a moment you are in the forest and a bear comes running toward you. You will most likely feel anxious and worried. No one is surprised by that. You better be fearful, anxious and worried. God designed your body to be energized to...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 13, 2020 | fear, strength, worry
Worry’s Growl Is Worse Than Its Bite 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...
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 20, 2020 | courage, doubt, faith, fear, worry
“Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives us something to do but we don’t go anywhere.” That’s a fun anonymous quip, but unfortunately it’s true. In our minds we think worry takes us somewhere “good” but actually it’s fruitless and...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 29, 2018 | anxiety, beliefs, faith, God's heart, God's love, holiness, knowing and understanding God, love, Trust, Uncategorized, worry
Someone has said, “If you have one eye on yesterday and the other eye on tomorrow, you’ll look at today cross-eyed.” That’s what regrets do to us. It can paralyze us from thinking positively about God’s present working and even steal our enthusiasm for the future. We...