Author Archives: Nicole Byrum

In my mind’s eye, I can still see him behind the pulpit, the aged yet slender man with thinning hair and untamed eyebrows.  He, the man with a gentle heart and a gentle voice, offering my most favorite benediction:  Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultlessContinue reading “Faultless”

Mark 5:1-20 Night and day he roamed, the epitome of darkness personified.  He was a possessed man, tormented and lost.  Naked and alone with the voices of demons in his mind, he perpetually cut himself with stones.  How his anguished cries must have echoed as he wandered the solitary tombs.  Almost fittingly, this dead manContinue reading “Among the Tombs”

*This article was originally written for and published in the March 2022 issue of Faith On Every Corner Magazine. I’m so pleased to share it here as well. I’ve often thought of Jesus as being many things to me- Savior, friend, high priest, King, and my resurrection and life- but rarely have I thought ofContinue reading “Our Forever Shepherd”

A few nights ago I had the privledge of speaking at our local Gideon’s meeting.  During those 15 minutes of allotted time I shared my testimony of God’s grace and mercy- of how I came to know Christ and how this writing endeavor resulted from an answered prayer for a right and renewed spirit. ThisContinue reading “Mission Statement”

*This piece was written for and published in the August issue of Faith on Every Corner Magazine (2022). I share it here as an encouragement to continuously seek the One who is our strength and portion. “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever”Continue reading “The Good Portion”

I’ve heard O Come O Come Emmanuel more times than I could possibly count in my lifetime.  But at a concert a few nights ago I heard it for the first time: “O Come O Come Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel.”  For some reason it clicked: Israel was a captive in need of ransoming.  HowContinue reading “The Ransomed Captives”

To the one persevering through the courageous process of healing:  Dear Friend,  I know this journey can be a weary one, that heaviness inevitably intermixes with progress; that common moments of second guessing the worthwhileness of it all will come.  To self-protect, the tendency will be to hit the breaks, to back away, to notContinue reading “Dear Friend”

As I write these words I have five more days to just be 4-0 before I officially start my climb up the 40’s ladder.  But if the next 9 years are anything like my first year in this new-to-me decade, I would truly be thrilled!  Forty has been one of the best years of myContinue reading “40 and Counting”

Control.  That’s a topic that’s been coming up a lot lately in therapy sessions with my clients…enough that it got me thinking I should write about it.  While it’s impossible for me to cover all aspects and considerations connected to control within the confines of a blog post, I, at least in part, wanted toContinue reading “The Surrendered Life”

Every single time I run I feel a tightness in my left hamstring.  And every single time I have the exact same thought: I really need to be better about regular stretching.  But do I ever stretch?  Nope.  This singular thought has yet to result in action. At this same time in my life, I’veContinue reading “Breathe, Stretch…Meditate?”