by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 3, 2022 | recovery
3/3/15 What a sweet moment….I was talking to someone about the concept of Freedom in Christ and healing ministry for those in addiction or other spiritual bondage…..She said, “The thought that keeps coming to my mind is the story of Harriett...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 3, 2022 | nature
3/3/2018 The full moon over Deerpoint Lake this morning is stunningly beautiful! Moonlight filtered through oak trees falling on the patio stones makes patterns that look like puzzle pieces. The silvery shimmer of the moonlight on the water resembles metallic...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 3, 2022 | story, writing
Writer Charlotte Donlon describes well the work we are doing as women write and share their inventories during steps 4 and 5 in the Twelve Step process. It is an evolving process, learning to hear and express one’s soul. “I describe soul stories as stories that touch...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 3, 2022 | recovery, writing
I’ve stated that emotional emergency leads to spiritual emergence.The difference between emergency and emergence? The ending- “Y” (you) bringing “e” (energy”) to the process by accessing the power of the Holy Spirit to engage...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 3, 2022 | boundaries, Truth
Last year at a faith and science lecture Dr. Ian Hutchinson used a phrase that made me smile….one that I have come to use based on my own experience and understanding of the need…. to “tether to reality”. Tether… to restrain by setting...
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...
