by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | Wisdom, witness, women in ministry
1 Peter 2:13-21 and 3:1-7, among other scriptures, has been used by some to keep women in abusive relationships – as if that is where Jesus is calling them to suffer for Him.Jesus is not calling women to passively enable an abuser to remain unchallenged and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | Career, family, memories
3/10/2017 Bill and I had a conversation over lunch with our eldest granddaughter, age “almost 20” about the movie “Silence” and about theological implications of persevering in the faith, apostasy, being used by God in the most difficult of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | family, memories
3/10/2013 Middle grand girl, Haley has a volleyball tournament at Bay High today. With her parents out of town, I took her down at 7:00 a.m. We turned into the parking lot and I hear, “Uh oh. I forgot my shoes…” Me: “Shall we go back and get...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | discipleship training, discipline
Train, Discipline in Love or Dismiss? by Cathy Byrd Hebrews 12:11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Recovery work with broken...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | desires, emotions, grief, Prayer
3/10/2017 A young man with whom Bill and I had some personal experience in our work with the Rescue Mission 4-5 years ago and who later continued his efforts in substance abuse recovery through another men’s program was sentenced to 30 years in prison yesterday...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | names, trees
3/10/2019 In addition to a huge pine tree ( to which I say good riddance!), the numerous oaks and the palm tree we lost in Hurricane Michael, I lost a nice sized English dogwood, 2 cedars, several sago palms and azaleas, a crepe myrtle, several bridal wreath shrubs, a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | appearances, lake, life change, nature
Three years ago, March 10, 2019, I noted these first blooms on the flowering almond shrub at Deerpoint Lake. Last year on the same date I stopped by the our then vacant house to check on this shrub and enjoy the signs of spring…….. An old fashioned shrub...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | boundaries, brokenness, Christian Attributes, transparency
Long-term and continuing topic of discussion…. Quotes of note: “Christian authenticity is likewise other-focused. We live transparently, not to unload our own burdens and thus walk more lightly alone, but to intentionally share the burdens of others and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | Assurance of faith
I wrote this in response to some back and forth about whether or not God exists: Some will see and not believe; others will believe though they do not see. Each has a measure in his own heart that must be met. For some, they have observed, experienced, and heard more...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | heart of God
Apple of His Eye: A phrase used by many to imply favor and delight in another. Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings (The Psalmist beseeching God) Pr 7:2 Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of...
