by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 23, 2025 | giving, love
There are occasions when small personal sacrifices are required by God to teach us what God’s agape love truly is….. Love has been described as “Investing materially in one’s neighbor…” That may include separation from some of one’s resources, effort, treasures, and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 7, 2023 | scripture, service
i went to see Angel Studio’s “His Only Son” movie this week. Now I need to go see it again. At one point as Abraham knelt in humility and heartbreak before the Angel of the Lord, the theophany of God, His hand reached out to him in what appeared to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 3, 2022 | redemption
This was posted by a young friend of mine who certainly has worked through a lot that she never deserved and for which she never got an apology…..When I saw this it occurred to me that Jesus’ death on the cross was a choice by him to accept the sins of all...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 4, 2022 | brokenness
When we give our woundedness over to God willingly and completely, it is transformed into a beautiful sacrifice that He receives with tender compassion, converts to refining brokenness and poverty of spirit that He loves and redeems and uses to enfold us into the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 28, 2022 | love
Following is part of a sermon on Advent themes-hope, peace, joy, and love- that I wrote 12/6/19… as I have been pondering on how diversely, narrowly and even incomprehensibly some define “love.” “Consider Love. What do we know about the love of...
