by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 14, 2022 | recovery, Titus 2 Partnership
An individual asked in response to our report of two women launching into fully recovered lives: What do you feel are the experiences, new learning and resources that Titus 2 provides that resulted in an environment in which these women overcame their addiction and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 12, 2022 | Suffering
by Mitchell Dillon 3/7/2021 “A few thoughts on Job: It has been said that not everyone believes in Jesus, but everyone believes in Job. And yet, have you ever noticed that nobody names their child Job? If they did, I don’t imagine the other parents would want...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 12, 2022 | sanctification
Once in a while a name from the past comes to mind or is recalled by someone else and I smile remembering moments when there was joy in seeing that person grow…….and I pray that the good work begun by God has been continued, that others have nurtured and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 12, 2022 | service
I was reminded of something I hadn’t thought about in years…..when we lived in Montgomery, Bill’s Mother and Uncle lived with us. Uncle Harry was a WW II veteran who had served in North Africa. He was a bachelor and had a stroke when he was about 65,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 12, 2022 | addiction
WARNING: Content may be distressing…… Today’s continuing education webinar on PTSD vs. Schizophrenia was both interesting and disturbing. The role of early childhood trauma in PTSD is unequivocal, although the symptoms may not appear until years...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 12, 2022 | healing, recovery, Titus 2 Partnership
We tell the women of Titus 2 that our program is like a “living laboratory” for life recovery. Yes, they study and there are classes…..but as much as anything the life lessons occur in the day to day doing of life together- students and mentors. Each...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 12, 2022 | churches
Listening to a message on the Thyatira church from Revelation….among whom the spirit of Jezebel moved freely, corrupting the people there with adulterous and idolatrous false teaching …The people there either lacked conscience or courage…..They...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 12, 2022 | reconciliation
On Secrets: “Some revelations stop relationships in their tracks. But others reveal the true person in our midst, the imperfect, limping, and often loving soul we cared about so much. And so we continue to care, and together we rebuild, this time slowly, on a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | Bible Study, courage, desiring God, God's will
In a recent devotional reflecting on Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego a writer pointed to the attitude of their hearts, submitted to the will of the King, even to death, in order to remain true to God. She quoted another writer on the difference between bold defiance...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | desires, righteousness, sanctification
The old adage, “Let your conscience be your guide” is as good as worthless unless one’s spirit and soul are operating under the authority of the Holy Spirit. I think of the conscience, a part of the soul, as a neutral tool that is programmed by the...
