by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 9, 2022 | action
A couple of years ago after discovering that yet another child I knew had been molested by an “uncle”, I was angry. I considered a solution, perp shaming…. TAJ- Tamars Advocating Justice #tamarsadvocatingjustice To make sure we wouldn’t be...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 9, 2022 | action
Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Multiple times God gives this instruction to Joshua before and during the campaign to take and occupy the Promised Land once Joshua assumes leadership after...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 9, 2022 | Idolatry
“Abraham told his servants: “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.” Abraham knew. It was as though God quietly messaged Abraham somewhere along the way on this three day walk, “I need you...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 9, 2022 | grief
How else would one welcome guests to Grand Falls Lane but with a waterfall! The waterfall may not be all that grand, but the fact that its abode is all ours, free and clear is pretty grand, thanks to the love and wisdom of my partner of 48 years! I know he’s got his...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 9, 2022 | grief, growth
Walking through our mostly empty home on Deerpoint Lake, getting it ready to turn over to a new family, and trying to adapt to new quarters with anxious pets have left me feeling very vulnerable and sad today. It’s like the closing of one more door on something...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 9, 2022 | grief
In the last week I was having to change profile info in several places online with the new address. While I was doing profile changes I looked at “married” and wondered, “ what do I do with this?” I went to FB and looked at some others who’ve become widowed in the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 9, 2022 | grief
When the box is empty and all that was weighing on the heart has been met head on, it is time to call it a day and await God’s new mercies that come with the morning…. g’night. ( Journal note 7/9/2021)
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 8, 2022 | emotions
De-Shamed: Exposed, with all the beauty of spirit and soul you were intended by God to have, redeemed, “naked , and unashamed”, Genesis 2:25. Quote heard and pondered at a women’s conference a few years ago: “There is a difference between forgiveness and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 8, 2022 | heart of God, knowing
You may never know…..sometimes when a needed item appears at “just the right time” by some mysterious means from an unexpected source, it builds faith and demonstrates that God does care about the smallest, seemingly most insignificant things. But...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 8, 2022 | Wisdom, Worldview
Some value things that they believe will stand the test of time. But what of the day when time is no more? Will those valued treasures stand the test of eternity? 1 Corinthians 3:6-23 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So...
