by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 17, 2022 | forgiveness, Trust
A family member of someone struggling with addiction asked me last week how she could ever trust the addict again. I said, “what makes you think you must?” In my study of the Bible I don’t find instruction that we are to trust other people. Again and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 10, 2022 | transparency, Trust
Some people do not know how to take my directness. Others, even when they will not admit it to anyone else, tell me privately that they are grateful for the fact that I am as transparent as I am, that it helps them examine and clarify some of their own thoughts and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 26, 2022 | sanctification, The Church, theology, Trust, Truth
I have an ongoing project on Christian growth that examines parallels between our growth with what Luke 2:52 says about Jesus’ growth…..one of the pitfalls of discipling others and evangelism as “church” Christians is that people expect us to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 25, 2022 | Trust
My “coming of age” was the 60s and 70s… feminism, ERA, first generation college in my family, women’s liberation, Vietnam protests, “hippie” cool culture. I have borne children twice-1973 and 1975. With the first, at 18, I believed...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 26, 2022 | persecution, Trust
Tribulation brings perseverance (the ability to remain faithful under pressure). Perseverance leads to character. Character produces hope. The hope is that we will know the glory of God. ” This is child’s play down here, ” David Jeremiah once said in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 21, 2022 | Suffering, Trust
Sunday’s are always the hardest days for me without Bill. I go to church. I plan things. I try new recipes. I work in flower pots. This is the day the devil works hardest to hit me with grief and sadness. Today he attacked me at a point where I am most vulnerable-...
