by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 23, 2025 | giving, love
There are occasions when small personal sacrifices are required by God to teach us what God’s agape love truly is….. Love has been described as “Investing materially in one’s neighbor…” That may include separation from some of one’s resources, effort, treasures, and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 5, 2024 | community, love
Worth discussing…. “By Trey Ferguson @PastorTrey05 on X I have become FASCINATED by the biblical story of Isaac. I had a shower thought that turned into a bit of a whale hunt for me. But here it is: if you read Isaac as intellectually disabled, nothing about him makes...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 1, 2023 | forgiveness, heart, justice, love, mercy
“Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping. (Rule 2) There are a trillion things to pay attention to. Almost all of them are irrelevant. I would argue there’s no better use of time than understanding your own personality and the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 1, 2023 | love, mercy, miracles
My pastor preached Sunday on Christ’s direction to his followers to care in fuller, more compassionate ways than the culture. The text was on the Good Samaritan. A key word in the text was the way the Samaritan had compassion for the Jewish man, attacked and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 18, 2022 | growth, love
…Deep, deep Love. Love IS the seed of the Spirit that is sown in our depth. Its origin and abiding place is in the depths of inmost being, at the level of human spirit. It germinates and gives birth in our spirit to its own kind in us and from our spirit, as the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 12, 2022 | love, neighbors
In His response to the Pharisees question about the Great Commandment, who were attempting to trap him, Jesus challenged the object of their love….. If, after wholehearted love for God, was their love then for themselves alone, or for others, as well, beyond...
