by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Monday, Jan. 6, 2024- Conversation with a friend: I texted my prayer partner and friend: “Hope you slept well. Bitsy and I had a disruption. I accidentally pushed her off the bed at 3 am while dreaming. I didn’t hear a peep! Thought I’d killed her. My bed’s high. I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
7/21/23 Notes after recheck at doctor’s office following partial thyroidectomy weeks previously: Strange….. after today’s Wake Up Call devotional and prayer several people and situations came to mind….. more prayer. Then this…… tears...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Tears are a gift from God, part of the “fearful and wonderful” way He created us! They serve useful purposes not only in protecting our vision, but also in protecting our hearts and bodies from some of the toxic effects of excess hormones released under...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
My little home’s fireplace damper has some wear and tear and is very difficult to close. I had a chimney specialist over to check the gas line and logs before using and he said replacing the damper would be pricey, He recommended using a fire box cover when not in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
A word for 2025 for me…..FOCUS. It has been on my heart and in my mind for a couple of weeks. Then I was reminded of this scripture:Luke 9:51- “Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem.”...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Funny how life works out. This is the house Bill and I rented for a year in May 1973 when we moved to Montgomery. Billy was a newborn. Bill had started work after graduation from Auburn with Proctor and Gamble. I have clear recollections of that little house and our...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Many people, particularly those with lives disrupted by chaos and trauma, have experienced spiritual encounters that invoked fear and confusion. Neither fear nor confusion are from the Lord. There are three spiritual entities one must learn to discern…. Holy Spirit,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
December 24, 2024 Thoughts after leaving the candlelight communion service tonight at Christ Methodist Church, Montgomery, AL: Rev. Misty Barrett tonight related a story from the Christmas when her son, now 21 years old, was 6 and in a school Christmas...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Sitting in my sunroom in the late afternoon I can hear Montgomery’s trains in the northern industrial area running. In a while the bugle sounds and National Anthem will signal the end of the day at Gunter/ Maxwell Air War College just down the road. Neighbors on my...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
When I was growing up there was a large tea olive tree that grew on the north side of our porch. Its fragrant flowers became a soothing balm for my adolescent emotions. In August I toured a garden home that I would soon purchase and to which I have now moved, When I...
