by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 4, 2022 | Beatitudes
“The Beatitudes aren’t a list of activities but a character profile for one who is becoming more like Jesus.” 4/4/2016 JD Walt, seedbed.com When the LORD showed me this truth about the Beatitudes in 2002 as I studied his Word, I was totally...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 4, 2022 | peace
“Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 3, 2022 | redemption
This was posted by a young friend of mine who certainly has worked through a lot that she never deserved and for which she never got an apology…..When I saw this it occurred to me that Jesus’ death on the cross was a choice by him to accept the sins of all...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 3, 2022 | action, counseling
When a child is silenced by threats of harm to his/her loved ones by an abuser or a parent chooses to believe and stay with an abuser because of her co-dependent needs instead of her responsibility to her child’s protection or even accuses her child of seducing...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 3, 2022 | work
Years ago I had to go through a psychological battery for consideration of employment in the business world. I got a call from the recruiter who said there was a problem with my test results. He said the examiner said I was either the most self-actualized, honest, and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 3, 2022 | affirmation, spiritual battle
Almost 30 years ago I was working on a project with a group of Christian women. Some personal issues arose in the group (not involving me at all) and I became disillusioned with the way I saw them handle it within the group. I was talking to an older, wiser, more...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 1, 2022 | forgiveness
It is amazing how simply understanding why something that seemed so out of character and incomprehensible in the behavior of someone came to be gives one the freedom to finish the hard labor of forgiveness that has struggled to be born. Thank you, Lord, for your gifts...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 1, 2022 | addiction, recovery, responsibility
From a devotional today on 1 Peter 4:7….. This is wisdom I have come to know through personal experience, through family history, and through years of watching people try to live under the burden of chemical dependency, and seeing many compromise or lose...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 1, 2022 | blessing, CBByrd Testimony, Prayer
Psalm 27:13 “I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.” The alarming increase among children, youth, and adults of depression, suicide, and a variety of other mental health dysfunctions...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 1, 2022 | Prayer
In my morning devotional the question was posed, “What is prayer?” I quiet my spirit and await the stillness that precedes awareness of the Presence of the Father, while I abide in Christ, as I have since my profession of faith in Christ, and with His Holy...
