by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 4, 2022 | brokenness
When we give our woundedness over to God willingly and completely, it is transformed into a beautiful sacrifice that He receives with tender compassion, converts to refining brokenness and poverty of spirit that He loves and redeems and uses to enfold us into the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 16, 2017 | brokenness
I’ve come to believe through observing many people that no one gets out of childhood without some scars resulting from the perception that they were not loved the way they wanted to be loved by one or more significant people in their lives…or even from...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 2, 2017 | brokenness, woundedness
Having referenced the difference between Woundedness and Brokenness in a previous post on Loneliness and Aloneness, I suppose I should explain the difference for those who do not know. Here is something I came across nearly 20 years ago that helped me understand the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 24, 2015 | brokenness, Emotional Literacy
Wounded or Broken? by John Coblentz (Gleaned from the June 1998 newsletter of Deeper Life Ministries) In the Bible we read about a “wounded spirit” and also about a “broken spirit.” In some ways the meaning of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 31, 2015 | conflict, emotions, spiritual life
Thinking About PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)…..What Would Jesus Do? Another Christian counselor and I were discussing PTSD recently. We were observing how often it tends to be thought of in the context of combat-experienced veterans. But, as he and I...
