by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 3, 2022 | writing
Observed about social media… You know, after all these years and as many times as I’ve written “God” you’d think my auto-correct function would anticipate and offer that as a suggested word. Yet, it never does. So if I hit the wrong keys, there the word...
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 28, 2022 | Temptation
Be careful what you allow into your heart and mind: Progression Toward a “Stronghold”: Impression—> Obsession—> Oppression——> Possession One seldom realizes she is in the grasp of something until after it’s too late...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 28, 2022 | recovery
Just an observation……double-minded thinking reflected in memes about addiction: In one post: “Addicts are good people…..they are victims of a disease and they can’t help it.” In the very next post “Recovery …is a choice,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 28, 2022 | family
Sinful conduct separates us from fellowship with Holy God but never from the steadfast love of God. It may also separate us from fellowship with other people even though their love for us continues, as well. I’ve seen this over and over in life recovery counseling...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 27, 2022 | service
A leader is appointed. A servant is anointed. The ideal is that one would seek to be a “servant-leader”, as described by Bennett Sims in the book by that name and exemplified for us in the life of Jesus. The primary emphasis has to be on the best interest...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 27, 2022 | time
“The present is the point at which time touches eternity.” ⏤ C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters I think one of the sweetest, most precious memories of a time with the Lord was the moment He revealed to me that the instant I received Him into my heart was...
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 | Feb 26, 2022 | healing
I was talking to a friend about some things she had shared with me and others about a family situation. I observed that there seemed to be a number of family “secrets” and adults trying to protect one another. All of this appears to be granting power and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 26, 2022 | Ministry
Looking back at a day in ministry at Titus 2…..from 2/26/2015 It was one of “those” days…..I spent most of my day in the car- dropping a lady at work, delivering another to a couple of doctor appointments, taking one to a housecleaning job,...
