by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 29, 2026 | Comfort, family, heart of God
51 years ago today I prepared my bag to head to the hospital for the delivery of our second child, Charlotte Ann. It had been an anxious pregnancy. I remember her birth as clearly as if it were just last week……the doctor, the nurses, the coldness of the room, their...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 29, 2026 | authority, brokenness, memories, Uncategorized
These thoughts remembered once again from April 29, 2019, 6 months after Hurricane Michael, a devastating Cat 5 Hurricane transformed eastern Bay County and Gulf County along Florida’s Panhandle Coast…. The Congress’ delay in approving relief still reminds me...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 27, 2026 | service, social gospel, True Religion
Over the period of 2 generations my own family has had a hand in sponsoring 4 families’ applications for U.S. citizenship based on their presence and participation in our own lives and local communities. They were from Mexican, African, and Caribbean origins. We were...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 25, 2026 | Hearing God's voice
Jesus said, “ you must come as a little child……” This post on Substack was so touching: “The other night before bed, my 4 year old daughter asked, “Mommy, did you know that Jesus lives in my body?!?” Her eyes wide with excitement. “Really?” I asked. “Yes, and we talk...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 24, 2026 | Hearing God's voice, Teaching
Speaking of Ephesians….. A pastor friend, Buddy Pennington writes this account in his weekly blog for small church pastors (https://brotherbuddy.org/letter-46-revival/) “The story is told of a pastor who was impressed by the Holy Spirit while preparing for a Sunday...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 23, 2026 | Grace, Suffering
Something to remember. “In Gethsemane, the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not.”C.S.Lewis Not my will, but Yours. Amen. Cathy’s note: I just realized that Paul, who asked three times to have a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 21, 2026 | authority, desiring God, God's attributes, Purpose, spiritual gifts
Thank you, Dottie Wilson for these words…and thanks to God for giving me a vision this morning! “God isn’t preparing you for an ordinary life but one that will impact not only you but those around you. Your weakness is not an obstacle to God‘s power. When your pain is...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 14, 2026 | Ministry, perseverance
From FB post-2/5/22 For the first time in a long time I was reminded this morning of my 25 years of involvement with The Walk to Emmaus as I participated in an online devotional conversation where the topic of individuals’ experience with that renewal movement...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 13, 2026 | Ministry, writing
4/13/2021 CBB. Memory I spent my morning working on this next Sunday’s sermon, second in a series of four weeks’ of “pulpit supply” at a local church. The scriptures from the lectionary and the basic points I feel led to make are laid in. Now I can put it down for a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 13, 2026 | spiritual life, Suffering, Teaching, Trust
I get weary of the notion that suffering is preparation for some grand purpose, i.e., as in using Joseph’s story of betrayal, being sold into slavery, victimized by deceitfulness, and left forgotten in prison to becoming #2 leader in Egypt and saving the world from...
