by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 16, 2026 | Imagination, Teaching, Temptation, Worldview, woundedness
2/16/26 I was looking as Facebook post memories and the one below popped up….. 2/16/23 CBB Perhaps why satan is portrayed as a snake in the garden????? Interestingly, as Dr. Curt Thompson talks about brain development, he describes the initial neurological development...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 16, 2026 | brokenness, children's ministry, doubt, redemption, spiritual growth, Wisdom, worship
2/15/26. CBB Today in church, Wendy Askew, who does children’s ministry at Christ Methodist Church-Montgomery, shared about a time she was talking to children about the feast in heaven. She was having them imagine being in heaven at the feast, what they would be...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 16, 2026 | forgiveness, scripture
I’ve told more than a few students at Titus 2..,. There’s lots of places where we are told to come to God in repentance, knowing he loves us unconditionally and ask for and receive God’s forgiveness. Likewise, we are to love and forgive others. But I can’t find any...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 15, 2026 | change, Teaching, Wisdom, writing
2/15/2020. CBB May I just say this metaphor offered by my friend, Deborah Ann Holstine, is RICH!!!! It is a beautiful biblical exercise in visioning one’s own transition from victimization and bondage in sin to victorious living in Christ! We use Bridges’ diagram on...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 15, 2026 | Prayer, timing, writing
2/15/22 CBB The lame beggar and others by the pool waited and listened for the sound of angels stirring the water, hoping to be the first to respond and to receive the blessing of healing. Such is the way in the world. Always some waiting and listening for a sign and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 15, 2026 | brokenness, change, culture, free speech
2/15/21 CBB ……. speculation is often the same after the fact. Any number of excuses might be applicable. But none of them are a good reason. “We still don’t know why he did it.” Because he’s shown a pattern of sadistic animal torture and killing?Because he’s a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 15, 2026 | change, decisions, experiences, life change, Ministry, recovery, Titus 2 Partnership
2/15/2024. CBB “The cross you died on positionally must be the cross you live on personally every day. The truest test of whether you are surrendered to the Lord comes in times of personal defeat. Our pride says, ” Rise up and fight! ” But the Spirit...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 8, 2026 | healing, Idolatry, justice, Spiritual Warfare, Suffering, woundedness
2/8/2020. CBB THIS WOULD BE REAL SOCIAL JUSTICE PEOPLE….IF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHAMED, MOLESTED, AND ASSAULTED INNOCENT CHILDREN WITH THEIR PORNOGRAPHIC CONDUCT AND SEXUAL MOLESTATION OR ASSAULT HAD TO FACE A PANEL OF ADULTS AND THE VICTIMIZED CHILD AND HEAR WHAT THEIR...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 8, 2026 | God's attributes, heart of God, John 5:2-14; Mark 2:1-5; James 5:16;, listening, Spirituality
CBB 2/8/2020 You may never know…..sometimes when a needed item appears at “just the right time” by some mysterious means from an unexpected source, it builds faith and demonstrates that God does care about the smallest, seemingly most insignificant things....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 8, 2026 | boundaries, repentance
CBB 2/8/22 Wisdom from Dr Henry Cloud (“Boundaries”) “Repentance means someone has had a change of mind about their behavior and shows it by changing direction. They turn around and do things differently. Their turnaround may have missteps in it, but...