by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 9, 2025 | conflict, decisions, healing
I have been journeying alongside a young woman for about 7-8 years. I have some responsibility for her that arose out of her broken family history and having no one on whom to lean. She has developmental disability and some emotional and spiritual traumas. We’ve...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 2, 2025 | Wisdom, Words and Writing, writing
(from 3/9/24, CBB) “Cast: [verb] to cause to move or send forth by throwing. direct. to put forth. to place as if by throwing. to deposit (a ballot) formally. to throw off or away. to get rid of : discard. shed, molt. to throw to the ground especially in wrestling. to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
I gave a devo this morning on 2 prayers in the Psalms-88 & 86. I included something a pastor told me several times…”There are 2 prayers God always answers- for wisdom and for salvation.” As I reflected on his words this week, it seemed to me that when...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 29, 2024 | marriage, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Bathsheba’s ( And Eve’s) Actions in Perspective I had previously written about Bathsheba and Eve, in discussing their roles and those of the men associated with each woman in the sins committed by each and who, in God’s opinion appears to have been...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2024 | books, reading, Wisdom
Reading Adam Grant’s 2021 book, “Think Again.”. The book is an “invitation to let go of knowledge and opinions that are no longer serving you well, and to anchor your sense of self in flexibility instead of consistency. If you can master the...
