by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 15, 2023 | acceptance
I came across this prior post today and, as God would have it, as I was preparing for our monthly women’s grief support gathering, I had come across a BBC podcast on why we need sadness. It covered 3 philosopher’s view of the significance of sadness, one...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 10, 2022 | Suffering
I have been part of several conversations recently about the purpose of suffering, teasing out the aspects of one’s theology of suffering. Those most attuned to God seem to understand, there is a purpose in suffering. From Love Worth Finding: Follow Someone...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 5, 2022 | Faith, family, Suffering, Trust, Wisdom
This past week one of our topics in the parenting/re-parenting class for women at Titus 2 was the instruction to teach our children to “suffer well” if we want them to live effectively in a defective world, they must learn this skill and adopt this...
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 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...
