About the Author
Cathy Boyd Byrd invites others to join her in considering topics of interest to those on the Christian spiritual journey…..discipleship, spirituality, mental health, Christian growth, and Bible study. Cathy enjoys working with others as they transition from emotional emergency and brokenness to spiritual emergence and abundant living! Many of the topics about which Cathy writes are interrelated as experienced in her own life and in the lives of those with whom she works in counseling, teaching, and case management, and in friendships. She believes that sharing our journey of Christian growth and spirituality helps us know God and ourselves better and connects us with others!
Cathy is a Christian Educator and Life Recovery Counselor, and an ordained deacon through Christian Leaders Institute. She serves as Community Outreach MInister at Lynn Haven United Methodist Church. She is a student (disciple) of the Holy Spirit and shares with her students (disciples) the things the Lord teaches her through Bible study and contemplation, incorporating experiences interpreted through the Word, cherished traditions of her faith, and reasoning that comes from seeking the mind of Christ in accountable community. She was widowed in August 2020 after 48 years of marriage to Bill Byrd, is mother of 2 and grandmother of 5. Her journey of faith has been lifelong and continues to be an adventure with the trailblazer and guide, Jesus Christ!
Cathy is the founder and program manager for a Christian women’s residential life recovery program, Titus 2 Partnership, Inc.(www.titus2.life) in Panama City, Florida.
What Interests God
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. But anything needed by God's people is of interest to God and God is pleased to meet that need through his people in ways that just defy "circumstance"….Instead of "it just so happened", it's more a matter of "as God would have it." I have seen that several times in just the last couple of days. It doesn't even surprise me anymore when it...
On Repentance- Henry Cloud
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 you can usually see whether someone has changed or not. If someone is really sticking to the plan and fails and then repents and gets back into the plan, be patient. If repentance has no change of direction, go back to setting limits. You can be patient with some things while they are being resolved without giving the other person freedom to...
I Know What I Know
CBB 2/8/22 Some say "You KNOW that you KNOW that you KNOW", implying that one has certainty about knowledge acquired. I prefer "I know WHAT I know" AND acknowledging there is much that I don't know, can't know and will never know! I know I am not God. I am not gifted with any unique insights. I simply know what God chooses to reveal to me in His Word, through His Holy Spirit, among the kind, loving, generous and wise people He has placed me among in the midst of circumstances He has allowed. In short, I know God. He has made Himself known again and again through His Glory revealed in the...
What Will Stand the Test of Time CBB 2/8/22
Some value things that they believe will stand the test of time. But what of the day when time is no more? Will those valued treasures stand the test of eternity? 1 Corinthians 3:6-23 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. 9 For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. 10 By the grace God has given me,...
What Revival Looks Like
from 2/8/23.. By Lee Grady on FB GET READY, THE NEXT REVIVALWILL BE VERY MESSY True revival is a clash between light and darkness, so don’t be surprised by the noise. By J. Lee Grady Many Christians pray for spiritual awakening, and that’s good. But I wonder if we realize how disruptive revival will be when it hits us like a tsunami. If you read accounts of previous revivals, three things become obvious: (1) revival requires a lot of work; (2) it’s always chaotic; and (3) it offends religious people. It’s not always welcome in traditional churches. Just read the account of the revival in...
Titus 2 Ministry Activities- January 2026
Titus 2 -January 2026 -Meals on Wheels delivery of monthly route. (1/7) visits, prayer with several clients. -Month’s bus pass for a disabled individual. (1/6) -Paid continuing education course and exam fee for a woman in transitional shelter with an advanced degree and good past work history after a mass layoff to improve her job search potential in her field. (1/4) -Personal care items purchased and delivered to disabled indigent woman with limited funds. (1/5) -Purchase of basic lunch food items for several disabled individuals house-sharing and finding it hard to make ends meet. Made a...
Daily Little Miracles
Over the last twenty years of ministry, I have seen so many circumstances that could only have been orchestrated by God . I have written about some of them here . This is another one…. “Glory Sighting: "Jehovah Jireh"- God provides. A week ago I was given a $50 Total Wireless phone card by a friend for whom the wrong card had been purchased by a family member and it could not be used with her phone. It's not the kind of donation I generally receive. I stuck it in a zipper bag in my purse in which I keep each week's Titus 2 receipts, deposit slips, and similar items. Today one of our ladies...
Love or Affirmation
Jesus said, " Love others …. AS I HAVE LOVED YOU." Tall order. Too many seek affirmation, obtaining self-fulfillment, to be cherished, being worshipped and adored even, which is how many define love, & they seek this "counterfeit love" from a spouse or child (or from anyone willing to use them to get their own desires met). Affirmation is not a love language. Actually, it's a "be loved" language, a sad reflection of our own need & insecurity that reflects a God-shaped soul void.Until God fills that void our hearts will lie to us about love. Affirmation is not love; sacrifice is love....
Red Thread Genesis to Revelation
C.S. Lewis described God's Word saying, "It is a very long story, with a complicated plot. And we are not, perhaps, very attentive readers." “From Genesis to Revelation a single historical narrative unfolds. That plot though often remains unclear even to Christians who spend a lifetime reading, studying, and going to church”. - Bob Enyart From cover to cover I see a red thread pulled, holding everthing together in the LORD God by Holy Spirit from beginning of Genesis to final words of Revelation. It is redemption born of love CBB. 2/2/22
Mountains and Valleys
"If we are to follow Jesus, our love must be so deep that we are willing to climb the mountains, with Him.. G.Campbell Morgan was a powerful man, a great English preacher. As a seminary student, he fell in love, but was reluctant to propose, due to the radical message God had laid on his heart, for the church. Concerned he would not be a success and could be persecuted, he did not want to drag her into that. He told her, " In five or six years, perhaps he would be established, and then could offer his hand in marriage." Her immediate reply was, " If I cannot climb the mountains with you, I...