by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 19, 2023 | The Church, tradition, Trust
Where would the Methodist movement be today if John Wesley had failed to respond to circumstances and had failed to yield to the need of those to whom his movement was ministering, and deferring to the need of the movement in the American colonies rather than...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 7, 2022 | doctrine, God's will, The Church, True Religion, Trust, witness, Worldview
Some ask, “Why is The UMC breaking up.” It’s being cleaved….. in my observation and my sincere opinion is that it is an act by none other than the hand of God. “Cleave- split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 28, 2022 | contentment, Trust
Some, looking at their circumstances with natural eyes, see the glass half empty. They hoard and negatively grumble about how little they have. Others see the glass half full and are grateful for what they have, measuring it out and striving to be good stewards of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 5, 2022 | Faith, family, Suffering, Trust, Wisdom
This past week one of our topics in the parenting/re-parenting class for women at Titus 2 was the instruction to teach our children to “suffer well” if we want them to live effectively in a defective world, they must learn this skill and adopt this...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 17, 2022 | forgiveness, Trust
A family member of someone struggling with addiction asked me last week how she could ever trust the addict again. I said, “what makes you think you must?” In my study of the Bible I don’t find instruction that we are to trust other people. Again and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 10, 2022 | transparency, Trust
Some people do not know how to take my directness. Others, even when they will not admit it to anyone else, tell me privately that they are grateful for the fact that I am as transparent as I am, that it helps them examine and clarify some of their own thoughts and...
