About

I’m so glad you’re here!

Hi, I’m Theresa, a wife, mother of four, and Jesus-clinger. I wake up each morning seeking Jesus amidst the trials and imperfections of life. Family is the gift I have learned to deeply treasure. It is truly my highest calling, deepest challenge, and greatest joy. Creating through the written word is what wakes me up to this abundant life I, and we each, have been granted in Christ.

Faith and Calling

I believe our faith is tested and made strong in the valleys, not simply the invigorating mountain top moments. It is there that we awaken to Christ as our life support, because maybe we’re suffocating a little; it is there that we learn to surrender all, because maybe we’re dying a little inside; and there that we ultimately recognize our need for a Savior.

The valleys are where we persevere and press on toward the goal of our heavenly prize. The valleys remind us of what we are all longing for—our eternal home.

So much about me reflects the pivotal point I humbly surrendered the pen of my life to God. It was in this valley that I laid my desires, hopes, dreams, fears, and pride all at His feet. I was in my mid-twenties and believed in Jesus, but was tightly holding the pen to my story. It wasn’t working out.

My Story

After graduating from high school, I felt I had the world at my fingertips and stepped into it with reasonable plans, by any collegebound person’s standard. Yet repressed childhood trauma caught up with me. I figured I had escaped any wounds or repercussions when my mom moved my five sisters and me to the wide-open spaces of Wyoming as a child, but in reality, I deeply carried it all with me. The weight of it slowed me to immovable and impossible strides once I was on my own, and I battled the hardest trek of my life in my early to mid-twenties. It wasn’t until I changed my mind about who needed to be in control and surrendered the pen of my life and choices over to God, did the real healing begin to take place in my heart and life.

It was like the time I had ascended a trail with a friend leading up one of the Teton Mountain peaks and soon encountered snow covering the trail. We had decided to keep going and lost our way. It wasn’t until late that day we were rescued by the grace of God.

You see, God has a path laid out for us that leads to life abundantly no matter how hard that trek seems. Yet when we lose the path, assuming we can navigate the way, we become lost, stuck, and desperate for rescue (you can read about that story here).

I became desperate like on that mountain. My friend and I trudged through deep snow and climbing steep slopes. By the time a tram descended the mountain just above us, my weary friend and I waved and hollered for help. We let go of stubbornly wanting to find our way and the humiliation of thinking we could. We needed to descend. We needed to be rescued.

“For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Matthew 23:12

This is how we ascend in our faith and God’s purposes for us, by descending. We live humbly by laying it all at Jesus’ feet and allowing Him to be our all, in union with Him. The world may tell you humility is weak, but friend that is where the power lies. It is what saves lives. It is where true courage and confidence are found. Remember this, if nothing else, the only way to ascend is to descend and follow the path of true life.

That is why we “dig deeper to reach higher” in this space. We dig into story and scripture to attend to our wounds and grow in our faith and calling. Because those wounds will hold us back. Stubbornness will hold us back. Pride will hold us back. We’ll go, go, go, and get nowhere that is lasting or eternal.

Growth and healing takes surrender. It takes dying to self, laying it all at Jesus’ feet, and trusting Him with every aspect of our lives.

This is how we live wide awake! It’s how we live life to the fullest. Living abundantly is God’s intention for us. He wants to bless our socks off!

Are you ready to be blown away by all God has in store for you? I am, too! Let’s journey together.

We have all had times on the mount, when we have seen things from God’s standpoint and have wanted to stay there; but God will never allow us to stay there. The test of our spiritual life is the power to descend…

Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest.

Faith and Family

I’ve included a collection of essays from my original blog, Heavenly Glimpses: Finding the Extraordinary in the Everyday Life of Motherhood, to give you a glimpse into God at work in the truest ordinary life, yet holy life.

After the point of surrender you read about above, I met my husband (which you can read about here) and the broken pieces of my life began to fall into place.

This surrender is the heart of how Heavenly Glimpses came about. It covers everyday circumstances with children, marriage and faith that reveal Christ’s refining touch. In my Heavenly Glimpses blog bio, I wrote, “I’m still learning how to daily descend. Yet with my eyes set on Christ, I see Jesus through it all and the rewards are Heavenly.”

I pray you are blessed by these stories and lessons.

Here is what my sweet friend, Alicia Bruxford, said when nominating me for the Liebster Blog Award:

Theresa Miller is an “ordinary mom” pursuing her Savior in extraordinary ways. Theresa has a gift for sharing her journey with humility and clarity. I love her heart for her family and her passion for the Lord…One glimpse of this beautiful friend’s blog will make you want to see Christ MORE.

Alicia Bruxvoort – The Overflow