by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 28, 2023 | understand, Wisdom
Philippians 4:7 (The Message): “It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life!” One of the ways that you know Jesus is at the center of your life is you worry less. Worry is a sign that something has replaced him...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2023 | righteousness, spiritual life, Ten Commandments, theology, Wisdom
Someone asked me a few years ago about a quote attributed to Jesus, wanting to know the precise source and wording used in Scripture. The caller had heard the phrase at a funeral and wanted to remember exactly what it was this deceased friend had been heard to say...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 21, 2023 | Teaching, Wisdom
I was with one of my brothers and my sister and we were talking about things we heard our Father say when we were growing up, sayings that were repeated often to us. It reminded me of this section of Solomon’s wisdom to his son about “guarding one’s...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 10, 2022 | Suffering, Wisdom, witness
From Dec 10,2020 A friend introduced me recently to another widow friend of hers. We had a good time getting acquainted and sharing something of our experiences with one another. My friend who introduced us keeps telling me we need to start a group for the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 5, 2022 | Faith, family, Suffering, Trust, Wisdom
This past week one of our topics in the parenting/re-parenting class for women at Titus 2 was the instruction to teach our children to “suffer well” if we want them to live effectively in a defective world, they must learn this skill and adopt this...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 5, 2022 | perseverance, Wisdom, writing
There is a difference between perseverance and faithfulness. Perseverance implies the presence of resistance and the need for focus and determination of will that can overcome obstacles and resistance. Perseverance is what I would call an “instrumental...
