by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 26, 2022 | Pain
When one can’t tolerate uncomfortable emotions, it can effectively put the person in a cage. The more she tries to avoid thoughts, people, and experiences that stir up uncomfortable emotions, the smaller and more isolated her life becomes…… even sometimes...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 26, 2022 | persecution, Trust
Tribulation brings perseverance (the ability to remain faithful under pressure). Perseverance leads to character. Character produces hope. The hope is that we will know the glory of God. ” This is child’s play down here, ” David Jeremiah once said in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 23, 2022 | Addictions
Titus 2 students and Cathy Byrd had a lengthy discussion about depression, addiction, self care skills, and an oarticle about the “Rat Park” experiments that demonstrated that addiction recovery is more a matter of social support and attachment than...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 23, 2022 | disappointment
Occasional disappointment in other people is a given. Even disappointment in oneself for having let others down is common. Then there is disappointment in oneself for expecting too much of others that one has to contend with, too. It simply sends one closer and closer...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 23, 2022 | 1 Corinthians 15:9, love
Luke 2:52 b observes that among other things, like wisdom (intellectual and emotional growth) and stature (physical and moral growth), Jesus also grew……” in favor with God and in favor with man,” ( that is, spiritually and THEN, lastly,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 23, 2022 | Addictions, Emotional Literacy
The “crazy cycle”……repeating the same behaviors over and over again, in spite of brokenness, grief, disastrous consequences, and attempts at bargaining with God. I’ve described this cycle many times to students through showing them how it...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 20, 2022 | The Church
This morning as I contemplated my prayer life, I realized that 2 decades-long-standing matters of prayer for me have been the cause of pro-life and renewal in The UMC … Both of those prayer matters have broadened and matured into larger prayer foci for me. This...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 20, 2022 | home
I heard about someone who had started attending our church and is casting about trying to “find her place”…..in need of discipleship and direction. I told the individual who was aware of this to give my number to this person and have her call me or...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 20, 2022 | Faith, God's attributes
The observation below was from 2016….. many times since then the Spirit has moved greatly in my life, at Titus 2, at Lynn Haven UMC and big changes are on the horizon for The UMC and the global church. So many things have changed. Good things continue to be...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 20, 2022 | holiness
“John Wesley once famously said, “There is no holiness apart from social holiness.” Over the years, many have mistakenly asserted that he was talking about social justice. In reality, he was talking about doing discipleship in the context of real relationships. In...
