by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
“There is only one Being who can completely satisfy to the absolute depth of the hurting human heart, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord is so obviously uncompromising with regard to every human relationship because He knows that every relationship that is...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
Long before The Chosen’s signature logo of fish swimming against the flow, I was choosing to swim against the flow that carried many with it…. The more I seek to live in step with Jesus, the more contrary to the world I find myself thinking and going. From 2016...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 When I watch Marvel movies with my kids, we’re always on the hunt for Easter eggs, those glaring references or subtle nods to other Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) properties. Some references are so blatantly obvious that viewers can...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
“Might it be time to be accountable to who we’ve become so that we can make ourselves accountable to what we can be? Are we willing to divest ourselves of all the lesser things that we have elevated as greater things and engage in both a pointed and painful evaluation...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
I gave a devo this morning on 2 prayers in the Psalms-88 & 86. I included something a pastor told me several times…”There are 2 prayers God always answers- for wisdom and for salvation.” As I reflected on his words this week, it seemed to me that when...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Add to “Things I Never Knew” …… My paternal great grandmother, (the Carroll family side) who died when my grandmother and her sister were less than 10, was Cherokee Indian. A cousin has done some family geneology and told me today….Great grandpa Carroll...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
7/20/23- I had a very vivid and strange dream early this morning around 2:30. When I awakened from it I thought about the details for a minute and knew I’d remember them, so I returned to sleep. The Dream I was in bed like I was in an inn or cabin-type guest...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Dr. Henry Cloud, a co-author of “Boundaries” book we use. “In college, I had fallen into a deep depression, and had turned to God for help. I waited for him to “zap me” with healing, but what he did instead was get me connected to a small group of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
from 6/26/23… When Jesus was baptized at 30 and began his ministry he was led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit TO BE TESTED. He was choosing to be tested. He intended to prove to satan and himself that he was ready for the challenges ahead. How would we even...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Beautiful poetic imagery that resonates with my experience of Scripture……. “The Bible is a deep liminal space that opens up a portal to eternity into which we are invited, where the mysteries of multiple dimensions can be explored. It radiates with the Presence of the...
