by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 18, 2022 | Truth, used by God, Words and Writing
One never knows what simple phrase may be the thing that completely reorients a person’s thinking. For me it was a simple phrase by a pastor over 25 years ago: “We give as much of ourselves as we can understand to as much of God as we can...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 10, 2022 | Words and Writing, Worldview
From a favorite writer, Jill Carattini, 12/10/2014 Salvation or Sentimentality? “Who has understood the mind of the LORD?”(Isaiah 40:13) This God who moves among people, touching all of life and history is certainly not the quiet and tame being we often imagine. God’s...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 17, 2022 | Truth, Words and Writing
Sometimes I hear people carelessly use this phrase, “your ways are not our ways. Your thoughts are not our thoughts”, to direct us toward the “what” of God’s will and work in a circumstance is a scripture I have pondered a lot. The...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 26, 2022 | Words and Writing
“Enough!” A word expressing a posture of satisfaction, contentment and peace? Or an exclamation expressing exasperation and wanting something about current circumstances to end? In which place do you find yourself today? I was talking to a friend about a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 15, 2021 | Words and Writing
Heard today: “How often is God’s heart broken by our insistence on “playing it safe”…. As if not getting hurt is the most important thing in the world.” Taking a risk, stepping out on faith, being obedient and trusting God when something seems contrary to what the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 3, 2021 | Words and Writing
Words spoken reveal the beliefs of the speaker and influence the beliefs of the hearer. Anytime I hear the cultural iteration of “body, soul, and spirit” spoken by a Christian, I cringe….. like fingernails scratching a chalk board…..1 Thessalonians 5:23 Paul...
