by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 28, 2017 | healing, heart of God, listening
Listening, hearing the hurt, knowing the truth of another’s loneliness and fear……and being able to persuade her that there is help, that you know Him, and will go with her to meet Him…or sit with her and cry, too, while you both wait for Him to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 25, 2017 | consolation, counseling, listening
Catherine de Hueck Doherty: With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing, because listening to your brothers or sisters until they have said the last words in their hearts is healing and consoling. Someone has said that it is possible “to listen a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 27, 2016 | consolation, correction, dreams, Gifts, God's attributes, God's call, Gratitude, knowing, listening
Some things I have experienced in my faith journey I believe are because I have been given the spiritual gift of teaching. Those experiences are not part of my own gifting, but the Lord has let me experience them so that I may teach people about them more effectively,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 27, 2015 | Bible Study, discipleship training, listening
I was reading the latest invitation to a women’s conference with a stellar billing of well known speakers/writers and it got me to thinking about how many of us are “groupies” of this or that Christian “guru”. Some people I know have done...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 30, 2014 | listening, Oswald Chambers
Funny how God works. This morning I took a copy of Oswald Chambers’ “My Utmost for His Highest” with me to church, which I never do. As I left for church I simply felt the urge to tuck it into the side pocket of my purse. Later, as I walked through...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 19, 2013 | listening, retreat, self care
Listen. To the throbbing soles To the peeling cuticles To the coarse heels To the jagged nails.Listen. To the flaking shins To the aching knees ...
