by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 22, 2023 | Emotional Literacy, Facing fears, God's attributes
From July 23,2021: “FEAR GOD AND YOU WILL FEAR NOTHING ELSE,” GOV. RON DESANTIS I’m always surprised when I discover that many Christians don’t understand the biblical call to fear God. It doesn’t mean quake and quiver with trembling anticipation of being struck by a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 13, 2023 | Facing fears, spiritual battle, Worldview, worship
It seems that this is the second time in this Lent series that Dan Wilt, author of Jesus in the Wild, has referenced a personal experience of being on a high place, a tempting prominence where the view is breathtaking, and the heady (and frightening) feeling it can...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 29, 2023 | dreams, Facing fears
The matter of suffering and our desire to somehow avoid it in life has been very present lately as my awareness has been heightened by my own and others’ experiences…. I talked to someone who told me she’d had a dream in which her abuser, no longer...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 21, 2023 | Facing fears
From my journal on this day 2014… Most of the time the things one fears the most fail to materialize. And the ways in which one anticipates obstacles simply fail to appear. Thank God that He runs before us more than we can ever realize and clears the path for us...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 18, 2022 | counseling, Facing fears
I am about to the point of banning the use of the word “anxiety” in my presence . It is a pervasive mental health diagnosis….with many DSM variations on the theme. As I pray about and explore issues with women in recovery either seeking medication or...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 6, 2022 | Facing fears, Gifts
Lol! Sometimes I look at this and it says “fearless”; other times it seems to say “fearwell” which, to me, means revere, honor, and obey God. Is it just me? “Fear” was the first word study God had me do as an adult in serious Bible study. This was a Christmas gift...
