by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 23, 2026 | Grace, Suffering
Something to remember. “In Gethsemane, the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not.”C.S.Lewis Not my will, but Yours. Amen. Cathy’s note: I just realized that Paul, who asked three times to have a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 13, 2026 | spiritual life, Suffering, Teaching, Trust
I get weary of the notion that suffering is preparation for some grand purpose, i.e., as in using Joseph’s story of betrayal, being sold into slavery, victimized by deceitfulness, and left forgotten in prison to becoming #2 leader in Egypt and saving the world from...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 8, 2026 | healing, Idolatry, justice, Spiritual Warfare, Suffering, woundedness
2/8/2020. CBB THIS WOULD BE REAL SOCIAL JUSTICE PEOPLE….IF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHAMED, MOLESTED, AND ASSAULTED INNOCENT CHILDREN WITH THEIR PORNOGRAPHIC CONDUCT AND SEXUAL MOLESTATION OR ASSAULT HAD TO FACE A PANEL OF ADULTS AND THE VICTIMIZED CHILD AND HEAR WHAT THEIR...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 25, 2026 | poetry, spiritual journey, Suffering, writing
My God, my God, I pray that these things never end,The sand and the sea,The rush of the water,The crash of the heavensThe prayer of Man. poem by a young Jewish martyr of Ww2, Hannah Senesh.
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 17, 2025 | communion, culture, Facing fears, Suffering
In a recent webinar on spiritual conflict resolution, the facilitator referenced A.W.Tozer who observed that our necessary task in spiritual conflict is to keep Christ at the center of our vision. When we do, if the devil is lurking, he will only be seen at the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 12, 2023 | Suffering
Mining nuggets on suffering well from this by Jordan B. Peterson: “When you’re in hell, anything that lifts you out even a little bit, which stops it from becoming completely catastrophic, is a lifejacket that stops you from drowning. This realism about the...
