by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | Wisdom, witness, women in ministry
1 Peter 2:13-21 and 3:1-7, among other scriptures, has been used by some to keep women in abusive relationships – as if that is where Jesus is calling them to suffer for Him.Jesus is not calling women to passively enable an abuser to remain unchallenged and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | seasons, Wisdom
Lovely Lenten reflection on wilderness space…. “Old Testament references hint at the fact that the wilderness is also a place of intimacy where God speaks to us very tenderly those things he has been wanting to say to our souls: ‘Therefore I will now...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 1, 2022 | Wisdom
Beautiful surrender…….As I drove a friend in her third year of alcohol recovery to a medical appointment out of town she said, “Surrender was hard. I struggled, but once I finally made the first surrender (of a hurt from the past), the others began...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 23, 2022 | Wisdom
Proverbs 25:11 “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” It is a surprise and a humble joy when one’s words “fit” the place of need or yearning in another’s heart, especially for those who are called to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 8, 2022 | Wisdom, Worldview
Some value things that they believe will stand the test of time. But what of the day when time is no more? Will those valued treasures stand the test of eternity? 1 Corinthians 3:6-23 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 8, 2022 | Wisdom, witness
Some say “You KNOW that you KNOW that you KNOW”, implying that one has certainty about knowledge acquired. I prefer “I know WHAT I know” AND acknowledging there is much that I don’t know, can’t know and will never know! I know I am...
