by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 6, 2022 | memories, pets
A memory from August, 6, 2021, the first anniversary of Bill’s death; This was our little Daisy beagle. She was adopted by our daughter’s family in 2014 and was about 3 years old, having been rescued in Mississippi by a beagle rescue organization. They...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 6, 2022 | mercy, theology
Excellent thoughts for those counseling individuals grieving a loved one without confidence of the deceased’s eternal condition- From Biblical Counseling Coalition: “Wise Words for Vulnerable Times ……… I’ve been reading the rich, pastoral letters of John Newton. I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 4, 2022 | family
This is so true! I am at times dismayed by the behavior of some of my brothers and sisters in Christ who are so enamored of the culture of this world that they dishonor our Father, whose Word calls us to a different standard. From Dr. Maxie Dunnam’s Facebook...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 4, 2022 | Suffering
Joni Eareckson Tada makes a point here about the role that suffering can play in our lives. A pastor friend had done his doctoral paper on how suffering brings people to God. While I don’t believe God BRINGS the suffering, I do believe that there is plenty of it...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 4, 2022 | memories
I spent most of my school years living just a block from a train track… We didn’t have lot of trains running through our small Georgia town, but it is still memorable. There was an afternoon train I recall Snd the engineer would through wrapped small...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 3, 2022 | emotions, listening
Listening. It is a special gift that the Holy Spirit gives when one asks God to let you serve his people with a heart like his. . It is not always done with the ears. It is done with the heart. One can hear things with the heart…. and the eyes…. that the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 1, 2022 | redemption, Suffering
Joni Eareckson in 2017 observed the following about her devastating accident that had left her paralyzed for 50 years: “God allows all sorts of things he doesn’t approve of. God hated the torture, injustice, and treason that led to the crucifixion. Yet he...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 31, 2022 | emotions, Uncategorized
Feeling shame, in and of itself, is not bad. In fact, as Dr. Sally Satel notes in this brief excerpt from a longer interview, shame is a good indicator of an active conscience. What we do with our feelings of shame divides victims from overcomers. Victims allow their...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 31, 2022 | woundedness
The lie men tell little girls when they are grooming them and earning their trust and loyalty: “You didn’t do anything wrong.” And when an abusive controlling ‘boyfriend” turns his “girlfriend” into his pimped out asset and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 31, 2022 | Idolatry
“Boston pastor Adam Mabry’s book Stop Taking Sides reminded Christians to take elections seriously, but also “trust Jesus, receive peace, and refuse the anxiety that betrays an innate political idolatry.” I never thought about how “anxiety betrays an innate idolatry…....
