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  • jmmiller
    jmmiller added a text contribution Running
    I tend to run - it's my defense mechanism. If things get tough, then "See ya" and I'm gone. I used to think it was fairly unique to me, until I started noticing all the "runners" in the Bible. Look at Jonah - he ran from God and ended up in a gigantic fish. In the last year I've realized something, I'm tired of running. I've run this way and that way and the only thing that has ever come out of... Read more »

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  • jmmiller
    jmmiller added a text contribution Waiting
    I've never been someone who's good at waiting. From birth, showing up two weeks early, I've always had a hard time with waiting. Don't get me wrong, I've had to do my fair share of waiting. One would think that I would have gotten used to it by now, but unfortunately it doesn't work that way. For years I took God out of the picture. If he asked me to wait, I just went ahead with my own plan. I didn't... Read more »

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    jmmiller added a text contribution Help
    I was practically born in the church. I've been a Christian since 3rd grade church camp. I've been an actual Christ-follower only in the last few years. One would think that after 29 years full of Sunday School, VBS, Church Camps, church services, Bible studies, small groups, deep conversations and some spiritual disciplines, this verse wouldn't cause me to struggle this much. Why is it so hard to... Read more »

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  • jmmiller
    jmmiller added a text contribution Crying out to God
    I can't tell you how many times I've cried out to God during times of pain, confusion or utter hopelessness. Times when I have been at the very bottom of the valley, and finally, out of desperation, cry for God's intervention. I grew up with the skewed belief that breaking down in front of God was somehow "unholy" - that if I was a good enough Christian, there would be no need for me to cry out... Read more »

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