by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | reconciliation, redemption, Worldview, writing
“…. there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28). Genesis 2:24: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | redemption
Questioning the ways of God is an exercise in futility….. we are especially clueless in trying to “read” his redemptive will in the midst of man’s bad decisions…..in a Genesis study a group was discussing Hagar, pregnant in the desert after she ran away...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 8, 2022 | Temptation, Truth
As I listened to a discussion about the difference between predictive and prescriptive foreknowledge I began to see why-and how- Satan had the audacity to challenge God, thinking he could assume and wrest authority over creation from God. Satan is a keen-observing...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 11, 2021 | redemption
I visited this morning with a horrifically abused and neglected child-woman. We delighted in abundant morning glory vines, feathered heads of golden rod, and the warmth of sunshine mixed with a gentle breeze….. I marveled at her resilience, her gentleness, her...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 27, 2021 | spiritual battle, spiritual formation, spiritual growth
I observed some folks mentally applauding this meme: “If churches want to help people heal they need to become trauma-informed. Everything is not the devil.” As it garnered “likes” I thought to myself ( and posted): Who or what do you think was responsible for the...