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...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 28, 2022 | Truth, Wesley's Quadrilateral, Wisdom
Seeking direction by using 4 tools for theological reflection in pursuit of wisdom , truth, and unity: Scripture- the “North Star” or polar north, a means of beginning to orient oneself to pursuit of truth for a Christ follower. Reason- a God-given spirit...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 16, 2022 | Wellness, Wisdom
From Diane Langberg, PhD “Our response to another’s vulnerability tells about us and only us. What comes “out of us” in the face of vulnerability was there all the time. The vulnerability of the other has merely exposed the truth about ourselves.” If...
