by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 21, 2026 | love, Prayer, sanctification, scripture
Thinking about God’s standard for Perfect Love and the desire to be perfected in such love as we grow: 1 Corinthians 13: 3-13 (From The Message) 3 If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 3, 2026 | judging, scripture, Teaching, Truth, Wisdom, writing
“If any one tells you that such a person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you, but answer: “He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.”— Epictetus. (Thank you, Nicola Gibson. This quote lines up with...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 23, 2025 | redemption, sanctification, scripture, self-awareness, spiritual formation, spiritual growth, Uncategorized
“God will allow the layers you depended on to fall away, so that all that is left is pure trust; no props, no pretense. Whatever is a distraction He will remove. Connections that jeopardize your integrity, He will remove. He will cause a “divine stripping” to clear...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 3, 2025 | scripture, Truth, understand, witness, Worldview
The day I had this epiphany, that my eternal life began the day I professed faith in Christ, was a day of such immense joy! It totally revolutionized my view of time and myself within and beyond time now! It was a transforming and transcending mental snatching of me...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 21, 2025 | communication, Disciples, reading, scripture, theology, timing, witness
On Saturday I had a text conversation with a friend about the feelings of such a dark Sabbath Saturday after the reminders of Jesus’ pain and suffering of Good Friday that the disciples might have been experiencing all those years ago on the day after Christ’s...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 17, 2024 | scripture, Truth
Some say seeing is believing. Christ says believing is seeing. John 11:40: “Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” What a difference a simple paradigm shift can make! One either believes and follows Christ or...
