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...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 27, 2022 | family
“Flawed Families of the Bible”…..a very interesting book that shows a variety of multi-generational dysfunctions, but with God’s grace co-mingled so that ultimately, good results. An interesting lesson in “Flawed Families of the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 25, 2022 | Trust
My “coming of age” was the 60s and 70s… feminism, ERA, first generation college in my family, women’s liberation, Vietnam protests, “hippie” cool culture. I have borne children twice-1973 and 1975. With the first, at 18, I believed...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 2, 2022 | heart, heart of God
It takes hands to build a house but only hearts can build a home. Anon.
