J.R. Miller

Some People Use Pepper Instead

November 7, 2021 3 min read

Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks Matthew 12 34 Hence we must get our heart right if we would speak words that are Christlike A bitter heart cannot give out sweet words nor can an impu

Only the Good Things?

September 9, 2021 2 min read

What Should we accept only good things from the hand of God-and never anything bad Job 2 10 So often weak faith is moved from its steadfastness by trials People say God cannot love me-or he would not

Some Ways of Hiding the Light

September 9, 2021 6 min read

You are the light of the world A city on a hill cannot be hidden Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl Instead they put it on its stand and it gives light to everyone in the house In

The Grace of Tolerance

September 6, 2021 2 min read

Ye have heard that it hath been said An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth But I say unto you That ye resist not evil but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other also M

Post-mortem Love

September 3, 2021 6 min read

Why is it that so many people keep all their pleasant thoughts and kind words about a man bottled and sealed up until he is dead when they come and break the bottle over his coffin and bathe his shrou

The Christian Husband

September 3, 2021 16 min read

Each member of the household has a part in the family life and the fullest happiness and blessedness of the home can be attained only when each one's part is faithfully fulfilled If any one member of

The Christian Wife

September 3, 2021 28 min read

It is a high honor for a woman to be chosen from among all womankind to be the wife of a godly and true man She is lifted up to be a crowned queen Her husband's manly love laid at her feet exalts her

The Strength of Quietness

September 3, 2021 8 min read

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes Instead it should be that of your inner self the unfading beauty of a gentle an

A Gentle Heart

September 3, 2021 25 min read

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and humble in heart Matthew 11 29 By the meekness and gentleness of Christ 2 Corinthians 10 1 The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness Galatians 5

The Man Who Never Laughs

August 30, 2021 2 min read

The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit Acts 13 52 The fruit of the Spirit is joy Galatians 5 22 The Wise Man says that there is a time to laugh That is there is a time when laught

I Have Everything I Need!

April 27, 2021 3 min read

The LORD is my shepherd I have everything I need Psalm 23 1 The shepherd is a favorite Scriptural picture of the divine love and care In the Old Testament the twenty-third Psalm gathers the whole wond

Life is Too Short

Love is Too Sacred

March 31, 2021 3 min read

Charity suffereth long and is kind charity envieth not charity vaunteth not itself is not puffed up Doth not behave itself unseemly seeketh not her own is not easily provoked thinketh no evil Rejoicet